Minister pays price for Bulgaria shootings

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Series Details 15.4.08
Publication Date 15/04/2008
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The sacking of Rumen Petkov, Bulgaria’s Interior Minister, following two gangland-style shootings in Sofia, the capital, April 2008, has highlighted the Socialist-led government’s failure to crack down on links between senior officials and local organised crime groups.

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BBC News, 13.4.08: Key Bulgarian minister steps down http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7345358.stm

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