{"id":26904,"date":"2022-06-16T19:51:16","date_gmt":"2022-06-16T17:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bird.bg\/?p=26904"},"modified":"2023-04-06T23:50:38","modified_gmt":"2023-04-06T21:50:38","slug":"the-tentacles-of-the-backstage-iva-miteva-from-itn-in-the-company-of-an-agent-of-state-security-simeonov","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bird.bg\/en\/the-tentacles-of-the-backstage-iva-miteva-from-itn-in-the-company-of-an-agent-of-state-security-simeonov\/","title":{"rendered":"The tentacles of the Backstage: Iva Miteva from ITN in the company of an agent of State Security &#8220;Simeonov&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A photo has been circulating again in the media in recent days and is causing new thoughts. The photo is from May 2021 in the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral. It is attended by the Vice-President of the Parliament (then President)  <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.parliament.bg\/bg\/MP\/3738\"><br \/>\n  <b>Iva Miteva<\/b><br \/>\n<\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from the party of <\/span><b>Slavi Trifonov<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bird.bg\/en\/?p=9289&#038;v=view&#038;id=12813\"><br \/>\n  <b>Stoyan Denchev<\/b><br \/>\n<\/a> &#8211; <b>agent &#8220;Simeonov&#8221;<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a full-time employee of the State Security and former MP from the MRF. He is also the rector of the Librarian University, a hatchery of footage for the Sarai.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Who is an agent of the State Security &#8220;Simeonov&#8221;<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bird.bg\/en\/?p=9289&#038;v=view&#038;id=12813\"><b>Stoyan Georgiev Denchev<\/b><\/p>\n<p><\/a> &#8211; <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> <strong>agent &#8220;Simeonov&#8221; <\/strong>was declared a full-time <\/span>employee of the<b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">State Security<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by Decision No 14 of 04.09.2007 of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.comdos.bg\/%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BE\/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8_%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">COMMODOS.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> He was subsequently inspected seven more times until 2017 due to various positions he held.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Stoyan Denchev<\/strong> was <\/span><b>Secretary<\/b> General of the Council of Ministers in the government of Berov (1992-1994), <b>Ambassador<\/b> to Helsinki (1994-1995), <b>MRF MP<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the 37th National Assembly (1995-1997), long-standing (2002-2018) <\/span><b>Rector of ULSIT,<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and is currently <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unibit.bg\/about-unibit\/governing-bodies\/general-meeting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chairman<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a> of <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the General Assembly of the university. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> <\/span> <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Stoyan Denchev<\/strong> was also Vice President of <strong>Multigroup<\/strong>, as well as Chief Coordinator of Business <strong>Club <\/strong><strong>Vazrazhdane<\/strong><strong>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Over the years, <strong>agent &#8220;Simeonov<b>&#8220;<\/b><\/strong> has also participated in companies that no longer exist and are not opened in the Commercial Register. Until 1992 he was a member of the Supervisory Board and until 1995 a member of the Board of Directors of the  <\/span><b>Transport Bank<\/b>, <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which later merged into Varna CB Expressbank AD, subsequently Societe Generale Expressbank AD (its management was checked by KOMMODOS and Denchev was again announced in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.comdos.bg\/%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BE\/Decision-View\/p\/view?DecisionID=543\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Decision<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">  No 2-200 \/ 26.06.2013), and to date it has already been acquired by DSK Bank AD, part of the Hungarian OTP Group. Later (1998-1999) Stoyan Denchev was a member of the Supervisory Board of the bankrupt declared in 1997  <\/span><b>A credit bank<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">acquired by Central Cooperative Bank AD (its management was checked by COMMODOS and Denchev was announced in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.comdos.bg\/%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BE\/Decision-View\/p\/view?DecisionID=580\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Decision<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> No 2-254\/06.11.2013). <\/span> <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A check in the Commercial Register and BULSTAT <\/span>shows the connection of <strong>Stoyan Denchev<\/strong> with 4 companies and <a href=\"https:\/\/reports.bulstat.bg\/bulstat-ireports\/frameset?__report=https%3A%2F%2Freports.bulstat.bg%2Fbulstat-ireports%2Fv_rpt3.rptdesign&amp;__format=html&amp;subjectId=546724&amp;__overwrite=true&amp;__locale=bg&amp;__svg=tr%E2%80%A6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a total of 17<\/a> participations in the management and supervisory boards of associations, foundations and associations. In 2009 for less than 3 months he was a member of the Supervisory Board of the State <a href=\"https:\/\/bird.bg\/en\/?p=22329&#038;q=831641791&#038;index=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Information Services AD<\/a>, while the way of management and control was changed and a new Board of Directors was appointed.<\/p>\n<p>One of the outstanding positions of <strong>Stoyan Denchev<\/strong> is <a href=\"https:\/\/reports.bulstat.bg\/bulstat-ireports\/frameset?__report=https%3A%2F%2Freports.bulstat.bg%2Fbulstat-ireports%2Fv_rpt1.rptdesign&amp;__format=html&amp;uic=175048857&amp;__overwrite=true&amp;__locale=bg&amp;__svg=true&amp;__designer=false\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n  <b>Honorary Consul<\/b><br \/>\n<\/a><strong> of the Sultanate of Oman<\/strong> from 17.02.2006 to 10.01.2015. His release was officially announced only on 03.06.2015, when Denchev was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediapool.bg\/adv-ivan-todorov-stava-pocheten-konsul-na-ofshorna-zona-stoyan-denchev-poveche-nyama-da-predstavlyava-oman-v-bulgaria-news234907.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">released<\/a> by a decision of the Council of Ministers. Then the Omani Fund was a minority shareholder in <strong>CCB<\/strong> and announced its intentions to sue Bulgaria for the bankruptcy of the bank.<\/p>\n<p>The same Omani Fund was heard again in 2021 by the agribusinessman Ilchovski, who told <a href=\"https:\/\/bivol.bg\/%d0%b8%d0%bb%d1%87%d0%be%d0%b2%d1%81%d0%ba%d0%b8-%d0%bf%d1%80%d0%b5%d0%b4-%d0%b1%d0%b8%d0%b2%d0%be%d0%bb%d1%8a-%d0%ba%d0%b0%d1%80%d0%b0%d1%85%d0%b0-%d0%b8-%d1%86%d0%b5%d0%ba%d0%be.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bivol<\/a> that banker <strong>Tseko Minev<\/strong> had been forced to sell FIB.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Warning! 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