Balgarianovinite.com Caretaker Foreign Minister Nadezhda Neynsky has ordered the establishment of a temporary coordination mechanism within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to counter disinformation and combat hybrid threats ahead of the April 19 early parliamentary elections, the Ministry said on Monday.
The mechanism is operational from March 23 and is aimed at maintaining information resilience amid an expected increase in disinformation campaigns and attempts to manipulate foreign policy-related information. The structure will be headed by Ambassador-at-Large for Resilience Building Maria Spassova, while oversight of its activities will be exercised by Deputy Foreign Minister Velizar Shalamanov.
The new mechanism will provide a timely, structured and integrated institutional communication response to hybrid threats, attempts at external interference and information manipulation. It will operate as an internal working group, bringing together and synchronizing the efforts of the various departments within the Foreign Ministry.
Among the group’s main tasks are the centralized monitoring and analysis of information related to disinformation and external interference, as well as the preparation of risk assessments and analytical reports for the Ministry’s leadership, including in connection with the organization of voting abroad. It will also coordinate the institutional communication response, plan and implement strategic communications, and engage with international partners and EU and NATO structures. Cooperation with civil society organizations and representatives of the academic community is also envisaged as part of its activities.
Earlier in the day, the government reported an increase in both the number of alerts received and pretrial proceedings organized in the context of the elections. Foreign Ministry Establishes Temporary Mechanism to Counter Disinformation Ahead of Snap Elections 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-03-23 18:43:26 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law