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The EU bureaucracy is in the midst of dishing out its most powerful, posh posts with each 27 member guaranteed one slot. For Bulgaria, one of the newer, and poorer members, it's the post of EU commissioner for humanitarian aid. Not exactly one of the sexier slots, but a bit of power, nonetheless. It would seem a snoozer of a story, but the candidate, Rumjana Zelevova, and her reputed mafia ties, give it spice.
