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Bulgaria Constitutional Court rejects application to rule on military aid to Ukraine

March 8, 2023March 8, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary

Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court has rejected an appeal from 50 MPs to rule on the National Assembly’s decision to supply military

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Bulgaria high court ruling bans any legal change of a person’s gender

February 21, 2023February 21, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary

The civil college of Bulgaria’s Supreme Court of Cassation (SCC) has ruled that the country’s current legislation did not allow

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Former Sofia district mayor sentenced to six-year jail term in corruption trial

November 10, 2022November 10, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary

Bulgaria’s Supreme Court of Cassation handed a six-year sentence to the former mayor of Sofia’s Mladost district Dessislava Ivancheva on

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Bulgaria’s SJC rejects request to sack Prosecutor-General Geshev

July 8, 2022July 8, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary

Bulgaria’s Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) rejected the formal request to dismiss Ivan Geshev as Prosecutor-General late on July 7, with

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Bulgarian Parliament passes amendments disbanding specialised courts

April 14, 2022April 19, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary

Bulgaria’s MPs passed at second reading on April 14 a bill of amendments to the Judiciary Act disbanding two specialised

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Bulgaria’s Justice Minister asks SJC to dismiss Geshev as Prosecutor-General

March 2, 2022March 4, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary

Bulgaria’s Justice Minister Nadezhda Yordanova said on March 2 that she has submitted a formal request for the Supreme Judicial

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Bulgaria’s PM hands dossier to prosecutors, expects them to ‘start doing their job’

February 9, 2022February 11, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary, Kiril Petkov

Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Kiril Petkov emerged from a two-hour meeting with prosecutors on February 9, at which he presented them

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Bulgaria’s Justice Minister to seek dismissal of Geshev as Prosecutor-General

February 8, 2022February 9, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary, Kiril Petkov

Bulgaria’s Minister of Justice Nadezhda Yordanova told a news conference on February 8 that she would ask the Supreme Judicial

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria Constitutional Court rules Justice Minister can request Prosecutor-General’s dismissal

February 8, 2022February 8, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary

Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court ruled on February 8 that the Justice Minister can ask the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) to sack

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