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Bulgarian President Roumen Radev said on October 29 that he signed a decree appointing caretaker Justice Minister Yanaki Stoilov as a judge in the Constitutional Court. Stoilov will be replaced […]
There is too much impunity for corruption in Bulgaria, member of the European Parliament Sophie in t’Veld told a news conference on September 24 ...
Bulgaria’s Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) decided on July 22 that the request by caretaker Justice Minister Yanaki Stoilov to dismiss Prosecutor ...
The second rule of law report by the European Commission (EC), released on July 20, has reiterated concerns about the extensive influence, lack of acc ...
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 month, which envision the appointment of a […]
Bulgaria’s prosecutor’s office said on February 2 that it would look into the findings of an investigation closed recently by OLAF, the European Anti-Fraud Office, which have now been included […]
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 Bulgaria, but covered no new ground […]
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 […]
