Bulgarian President Radev initiates series of meetings with leaders of judiciary to discuss judicial reform
Bulgarian head of state President Roumen Radev began on June 5 a series of hitherto-unannounced meetings with senior figures in
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Gergov quits BSP leadership body amid row over Tsatsarov – Donchev meeting
Plovdiv businessman and Bulgarian Socialist Party strongman in that city, Georgi Gergov, resigned from the BSP leadership body at a
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Bulgaria high court upholds suspended sentence in eavesdropping trial against former court chief
Bulgaria’s Supreme Court of Cassation ruled on April 20 to uphold the one-year suspended sentence, with a three-year probation period,
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Foreign diplomats among targets of illegal wiretapping in Bulgaria
A check by Sofia City Court found numerous breaches of Bulgarian legislation in the issuing of wire-tapping warrants in 2015,
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EU ambassadors joint statement on Bulgaria and CVM
The ambassadors to Bulgaria of 12 EU member states released a joint statement on March 28, in response to a
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Judge in Bulgaria’s Varna charged with defeating the ends of justice
The anti-corruption special unit has lodged charges against a Varna District Court judge of defeating the ends of justice, Bulgaria’s
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Hristo Ivanov’s ‘Yes Bulgaria’ scrambles for signatures to stay in March 2017 elections
At key points in Sofia on February 7, volunteers from former justice minister Hristo Ivanov’s “Yes Bulgaria” asked passersby for
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Bulgaria’s March 2017 elections: Appeals in court attempt to block former justice minister’s ‘Yes Bulgaria’ party
Three appeals in court against the registration of former justice minister Hristo Ivanov’s Yes Bulgaria (Да, България!) political party could
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EC report on Bulgaria’s performance against graft and organised crime ‘objective’
Reciting a description heard repeatedly over the past 10 years, both government and opposition figures in Bulgaria described a European
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