The Administration for Security and Counterintelligence (,

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: ''Administrata për siguri dhe kundërzbulim''), commonly referred to by the

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UBK, was the domestic

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and

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. Its

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were located in

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, and the agency was under the jurisdiction of the

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. The agency was founded in the

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under the name Department for People's Protection

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, as the official security agency in the Macedonian socialist republic. Officially, the Administration for Security and Counterintelligence, was founded in 1995 under the name Directorate for Security and Counterintelligence. This agency was succeeded by the National Security Agency.

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dbki.gov.mk
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slobodenpecat.mk 1/27/2015
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