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Bulgaria’s MPs passed at second reading on April 14 a bill of amendments to the Judiciary Act disbanding two specialised courts and the prosecutor’s offices attached to them. The 10-hour-long […]
Bulgaria’s Justice Minister Nadezhda Yordanova said on March 2 that she has submitted a formal request for the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) to dis ...
Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Kiril Petkov emerged from a two-hour meeting with prosecutors on February 9, at which he presented them with a list of ...
Bulgaria’s Minister of Justice Nadezhda Yordanova told a news conference on February 8 that she would ask the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) to ...
Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court ruled on February 8 that the Justice Minister can ask the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) to sack the sitting prosecutor-general or the heads of the country’s two […]
Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Kiril Petkov said on February 7 that he was “delighted” to accept an invitation from the Prosecutor-General’s office to provide information about those at the top of […]
Bulgaria’s Prosecutor-General Ivan Geshev, facing calls from the ruling majority to step down, has arranged for the Prime Minister and his chief of staff to be invited to provide names […]
Bulgaria’s National Assembly voted on February 2 to accept the resignation of Sotir Tsatsarov as head of the anti-corruption and asset forfeiture commission. Tsatsarov submitted his resignation to Parliament on […]
Bulgaria’s anti-corruption commission said on January 31 that, in response to statements to the media by Justice Minister Nadezhda Yordanova, it had begun investigating allegations of irregularities by Prosecutor-General Ivan [&hellip ...
The head of Bulgaria’s commission against corruption and for the confiscation of illegally-acquired assets, Sotir Tsatsarov, has submitted to Parliament an application to leave office ahead of term, reports on […]
