Pressure mounts on top members of Bulgaria’s judiciary to step down
Twenty-five judges added their voices on December 11 to the demand issued by 15 judges a day before for the
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Bulgaria’s SJC fails to elect new high court chief
Buglaria’s Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) failed to elect, on September 25, the new head of the Supreme Court of Cassation
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Bulgaria’s judiciary faces funding shortage – reports
Bulgaria’s judicial system had enough funds in its maintenance budget to last for a further two weeks, after which courthouses
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Bulgaria among EU countries failing on rules on sharing previous convictions, fighting cross-border crime
Bulgaria is among European Union countries that have failed to conclusive information on the transposition of the legal effects attached
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Bulgaria’s SJC suspends judges indicted in EU funds embezzlement probe
Bulgaria’s Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) ruled on May 15 to suspend two senior judges indicted in an EU funds embezzlement
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Senior Bulgarian judge indicted in EU funds embezzlement probe
Bulgarian prosecutors indicted the head of the Sofia Court of Appeals, Vesselin Pengezov, on April 28, in a lawsuit that
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Bulgaria second-bottom in EU in seeing judiciary as independent
Bulgaria ranked second from bottom in a survey in European Union countries of perceptions of judicial independence. This was the
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Bulgarian Parliament cancels judiciary inspectorate chief election
Bulgaria’s Parliament voted on January 29 to cancel the election of a new head of the inspectorate to the Supreme
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EC report to slam Bulgaria’s ‘disappointing and fragile’ judicial reform, fight against crime
Bulgaria is to be handed a report by the European Commission that slams the country’s overall progress in judicial reform,
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