Prime Minister Andrey Gyurov and Minister of Foreign Affairs Nadezhda Neynski spoke with investigative journalist Hristo Grozev about the challenges facing Bulgaria related to external influences, active events, manipulations and hybrid activity.
This is clear from a statement by the Council of Ministers.
Grozev was invited to support the activities of the mechanism created by the government at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to counter disinformation and combat hybrid threats in connection with the upcoming early parliamentary elections.
The journalist shared his extensive experience in exposing hybrid threats and espionage activities, speaking about recent revelations about Russian spies, operated on the territory of the European Union, as well as the new revelations of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons that arms dealer Emilian Gebrev was poisoned with a chemical warfare agent from the “Novichok“ group.
Gyurov and Neynski shared their plans to build a mechanism for a timely, structured and integrated institutional communication response to hybrid threats and attempts at external interference and information manipulation.
Hristo Grozev agreed to assist the organization with specific information exposing malicious influences, about which the journalist has collected information over the years. Hybrid threats and the deployment of foreign agents will be able to be addressed both at the national and European levels through mechanisms developed by the European Commission.