Minister of the Interior

The Bulgarian government decided to allocate slightly over BGN 5.1 M for the purchase of equipment to be used by the specialised police forces and the gendarmerie.

This was announced by the deputy chief secretary of the interior ministry Georgi Abadzhiev at a briefing on Friday.

Former commander of the Serbian Interior Ministry's Gendarmerie unit Gen. Bratislav Dikic has asked to retire due to illness, Vecernje Novosti daily writes.

Defence Minister Nikolay Nenchev assured that lay-offs at his ministry will affect only the officials serving in the administration, with no servicemen to be dismissed.

Nenchev said this following the regular meeting of the Bulgarian government on Wednesday, daily Dnevnik informs.

Police officers across Bulgaria are set to take to the streets on Wednesday evening unless the government abandons plans for pay cuts.

Prime Minister Boyko Borisov is to meet with the ministers of interior and finance early on Wednesday to seek changes to proposed pay cuts in the budget of the Interior Ministry, but also the Defense Ministry and the national security service DANS.

The number of people working within the Interior Ministry's system will most probably drop to 47 000 by end-2015, with a further reduction to be implemented in 2016, according to Bulgaria's Deputy Interior Minister Filip Gunev.

Bulgaria's Interior Ministry will try to defuse tensions in the village of Garmen, which escalated over the weekend.

French police are holding a heavily armed man they suspected of planning an imminent armed attack on one or two churches in France, Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said on April 23.

President Klaus Iohannis told Interior Ministry's employees upon their annual report on Monday he would plead for decent wages and working conditions for law enforcers.

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The director of Bulgaria's Traffic Police (KAT) Anton Antonov submitted a notice for leave, but his resignation has not been accepted yet.

Antonov resigned due to personal reasons, but will remain within the system of the Interior Ministry, daily Dnevnik reports.

The Greek Police and the Interior Ministry on Wednesday both dodged the blame after new police guidelines on migration control were issued and then revoked within a few hours following a vehement response in the media and from the opposition.