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Bulgarian President Roumen Radev has asked the Constitutional Court to overturn amendments to the country’s Penal Procedure Code, which envision the appointment of a special prosecutor with the authority to […]
Bulgarian President Roumen Radev said on February 10 that he had vetoed amendments to the country’s Penal Procedure Code, passed by Parliament last ...
Bulgaria’s prosecutor’s office said on February 2 that it would look into the findings of an investigation closed recently by OLAF, the Eu ...
The European Commission’s first EU-wide report on the rule of law, published on September 30, raised a number of concerns in the case of Bulgari ...
Bulgarian President Roumen Radev said on September 15 that he has vetoed a provision in the bill of amendments to the Judiciary Act, passed by MPs in early September, concerning […]
Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court said on July 30 that it has ruled on the questions asked by the Prosecutor-General to clarify the limits of presidential immunity. In its ruling, the court […]
Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court said on July 23 that it has ruled on two cases concerning a challenge brought by President Roumen Radev against amendments to the Health Act, as well […]
A European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling on March 19 said that Bulgaria can proceed with the civil case to confiscate the property of Tsvetan Vassilev, former majority shareholder in […]
The judges college of Bulgaria’s Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) has recommended postponing open court hearings for a month as a measure to contain the spread of Covid-19 new coronavirus. The […]
Bulgaria’s Prosecutor-General Ivan Geshev has written to the Council of Europe to complain about Serbia’s continued delay to rule on the extradition of Tsvetan Vassilev, the former majority shareholder in […]
