Bulgaria amends Penal Procedure Code to scrap ‘fast track’ trial process in murder cases
Bulgarian MPs passed amendments to the country’s Penal Procedure Code that would abolish the use of “fast track” trial proceedings
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Australia rejects Bulgarian Justice Ministry’s version of diplomat’s comments on Palfreeman case
Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs has taken issue with the portrayal in a media statement by Bulgaria’s Justice Ministry of
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Bulgaria’s Cabinet announces framework position on EU accession of N Macedonia, Albania
Bulgaria’s Cabinet announced on October 9 a framework position on the European Union accession aspirations of the Republic of North
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Broadcast regulator begins procedure to oust head of Bulgarian National Radio
Bulgaria’s statutory broadcast regulator the Council for Electronic Media (CEM) voted on October 9 to begin the procedure to remove
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Close to 60 hotels on Bulgaria’s Black Sea at risk after Thomas Cook bankruptcy – report
Close to 60 hotels on Bulgaria’s southern Black Sea coast are at risk following the bankruptcy of British holiday firm
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Bulgarian Foreign Minister: Palfreeman case should not interfere with relations with Australia
Meeting Australian diplomats to discuss the Jock Palfreeman case, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva said that the Bulgarian justice system
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Archaeology: 2nd century inscription found at Plovdiv’s Roman Forum, fining Philippopolis
Archaeologists have found a marble slab, dating from the end of the second century CE, during excavations at the Roman
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Plan for joint Bulgarian-Romanian co-ordination system to aid ships in distress on the Danube
A unified information system for co-ordination and actions to assist in emergency situations on the Danube River is to be
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Bulgaria’s Prosecutor-General meets Australian diplomats over Palfreeman detention
Bulgarian Prosecutor-General Sotir Tsatsarov has set out to Australian chargé d’ affaires Jon Philp his reasons for refusing to allow
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