Bulgarian Govt Fires Head of Refugee Agency Nikola Kazakov 

Nikola Kazakov, Chairman of the State Agency for Refugees, has been dismissed, the Bulgarian government announced on Monday.

Kircho Kirov, one of Kazakov’s deputies, will serve as interim chairman until the government appoints a new incumbent, the government press office said in a statement.

The statement gave no reason for the dismissal of Kazakov but local media reports linked it to alleged wrongdoing in concluding contracts for supplying food to migrants and refugees. The contracts, totalling more than BGN 1.1 M, were signed last year at allegedly inflated prices and without calling public tenders for the procurement of food supplies, according to media reports.

Kazakov was chairman of the refugee agency under the first cabinet led by Borisov (2009-2013). He was fired by the next cabinet led by Plamen Oresharski (2013-2014) but was reinstated as head of the refugee agency by Borisov's second cabinet which took office in 2014. 

We need your support so Novinite.com can keep delivering news and information about Bulgaria! Thank you!