Today's Quote

"We could rightly say that Georgi Parvanov, Aleksei Petrov and Rumen Petkov are the new [Bulgarian] demons. Let's take a look at your president – he has the past of an agent in the [secret] services. You also have Aleksei Petrov, whose past is also very controversial. You have Rumen Petrov. They all now want to set up a new party."

German top investigative journalist Jurgen Roth speaking on Thursday at a press conference in Sofia, where he presented the Bulgarian edition of his new book "Gangsterwirtschaft" ("Gangster Economy"). The event came a month after Roth was cleared of allegations of slander in his book about organized crime in Bulgaria, entitled "Bulgaria's New Demons", by former Interior Minister Rumen Petkov.