Bulgaria dismisses government minister who spied on Vatican
Sofia - The Bulgarian parliament on Friday accepted the resignation of a government minister who had spied on the Vatican for his country during the Communist era.
The diaspora minister, Bozhidar Dimitrov, resigned in December following disclosure that he was among many officials who had worked for the country's feared Communist-era secret service. Dimitrov spied against Vatican while he was studying in Italy.
Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, who said that all serving diplomats who worked for the secret service during Communist times should be sacked, decided to dissolve the diapora ministry, which was in charge of expatriate Bulgarians.
A report in December revealed that half of Bulgaria's currently employed ambassadors and ranking diplomats spied for the Communists before the Iron Curtain fell in 1989.
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