{"id":42092,"date":"2018-06-04T19:13:08","date_gmt":"2018-06-04T17:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bivol.bg?p=42092"},"modified":"2018-06-05T13:30:24","modified_gmt":"2018-06-05T11:30:24","slug":"bulgarian-foreign-ministry-places-secret-order-for-cisco-routers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bivol.bg\/en\/bulgarian-foreign-ministry-places-secret-order-for-cisco-routers.html","title":{"rendered":"Bulgarian Foreign Ministry Places Secret Order for Cisco Routers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) is finally dealing with the hardware for the National Visa Center, which should ensure unimpeded issuance of Schengen visas. The May 17 public procurement is for 180 VPN routers and 4 digital certificate issuers. It is worth BGN 1,279,418.<\/p>\n<p>The requirement is that they are made by a single manufacturer and the MFA has classified <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mfa.bg\/uploads\/files\/1526570572reshenie.pdf\">the technical specifications<\/a> on the grounds that, according to a letter from the National Security Agency (DANS), the devices are important for the protection of the national security. This gives grounds to the MFA to avoid the public tender and use a negotiating procedure announced with a notice.<\/p>\n<p>At first glance, such trick seems totally meaningless, as candidates will offer brands and models of devices whose technical specifications are public.<\/p>\n<p>The classification of specifications still makes sense, but it has nothing to do with national security. This is done to cover up the fact that only Cisco routers meet the description of the devices requested by the MFA. If the specifications were public, it would have been obvious to all candidates that the order had been predetermined.<\/p>\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/bivol.bg\/en\/why-macron-c%d0%beuld-not-help-bulgarias-schengen-bid.html\">Bivol wrote<\/a> in August 2017, Bulgaria is the only country in the EU that is not prepared for the new Visa Code Plus Schengen Issuance System and has failed to carry out successful communication tests with it. These tests and the readiness are a prerequisite for joining Schengen. Even Romania has such readiness since mid-2017.<\/p>\n<p>Eight months later, the VPN devices are just being ordered now and will then be installed in our consulates around the world. 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The reason is the article revealing the existence of valid service passports issued to Vassil Bozhkov and Georgi\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Comments&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Comments","link":"https:\/\/bivol.bg\/en\/category\/comments-en"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bivol.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/bozhov-pasport.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bivol.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/bozhov-pasport.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bivol.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/bozhov-pasport.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bivol.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/bozhov-pasport.png?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":53609,"url":"https:\/\/bivol.bg\/en\/wife-of-wanted-bulgarian-gambling-boss-also-owns-service-passport.html","url_meta":{"origin":42092,"position":3},"title":"Wife of Wanted Bulgarian Gambling Boss also Owns Service Passport","author":"Atanas Tchobanov","date":"31 March 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Elena Dineva, the life partner of Bulgarian gambling mogul Vassil Bozhkov, has had a service passport as well. 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Bivol revealed earlier that Bozhkov and his business\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Investigations&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Investigations","link":"https:\/\/bivol.bg\/en\/category\/investigations-en"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bivol.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/elena-dineva-bulphoto.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bivol.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/elena-dineva-bulphoto.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bivol.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/elena-dineva-bulphoto.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bivol.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/elena-dineva-bulphoto.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bivol.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/elena-dineva-bulphoto.jpeg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":34850,"url":"https:\/\/bivol.bg\/en\/why-macron-c%d0%beuld-not-help-bulgarias-schengen-bid.html","url_meta":{"origin":42092,"position":4},"title":"Why Macron C\u043euld Not Help Bulgaria\u2019s Schengen Bid","author":"\u0415\u043a\u0438\u043f \u043d\u0430 \u0411\u0438\u0432\u043e\u043b\u044a","date":"24 August 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"The recent visit of French President Emmanuel Macron was seen as an opportunity for Bulgaria to ask once again for accession to the Schengen area. However, this accession is not possible and the reason is not only the political dead-end with several European countries having so far denied entry to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Investigations&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Investigations","link":"https:\/\/bivol.bg\/en\/category\/investigations-en"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bivol.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/mfa-visa-2.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bivol.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/mfa-visa-2.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bivol.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/mfa-visa-2.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bivol.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/mfa-visa-2.png?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bivol.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/mfa-visa-2.png?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bivol.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/mfa-visa-2.png?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":44077,"url":"https:\/\/bivol.bg\/en\/bulgaria-still-not-ready-for-schengen-visa-system.html","url_meta":{"origin":42092,"position":5},"title":"Bulgaria Still Not Ready for Schengen Visa System","author":"\u0415\u043a\u0438\u043f \u043d\u0430 \u0411\u0438\u0432\u043e\u043b\u044a","date":"21 December 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Despite the optimistic statements by the Bulgarian authorities that the country is technically fully ready to join the Schengen area, the reality is another, according to official answers by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to questions under the Access to Public Information Act (APIA). 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