site.bta"US Embassy Staff Tends to Commit to Organizations Suspected of Links with Oligarchs," NGOs Claim

Eight non-governmental organizations have sent a letter to the newly appointed US Ambassador in Sofia Kenneth H. Merten, who will shortly take office, pointing out that recent years in this country have witnessed a tendency of "the administration of the US Embassy in Bulgaria building a commitment to certain specific organizations which the Bulgarian public suspects of links with oligarchic and economic circles."