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Judge Sotir Tsatsarov elected Bulgaria’s prosecutor-general

December 20, 2012May 22, 2013 Alex Bivol judiciary

Bulgaria’s Supreme Judicial Council elected the head of Plovdiv Regional Court Sotir Tsatsarov as the next prosecutor-general on December 20,

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Bulgarian Parliament passes Asset Forfeiture Act amendments

December 19, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary

Bulgaria’s Parliament passed at second reading on December 19 amendments to the Asset Forfeiture Act, the law regulating the confiscation

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Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court nominee withdraws as investigations loom

December 11, 2012May 22, 2013 Alex Bivol judiciary

Bulgarian prosecutor Galya Gougousheva, nominated for the vacant seat on the country’s Constitutional Court, has formally withdrawn her candidacy on

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Bulgarian Constitutional Court judge nominee faces money laundering allegation

December 7, 2012May 22, 2013 Alex Bivol judiciary

Galya Gougousheva, the only nominee for the vacant seat on Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court, has been alleged to have been involved

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Bulgarian Parliament amends Asset Forfeiture Act

December 7, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary

Bulgaria’s Parliament passed at first reading on December 7 amendments to the Asset Forfeiture Act, the law regulating the confiscation

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Prosecutor nominated for Bulgarian Constitutional Court vacancy

November 30, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary

On the deadline day for Constitutional Court nominations, Bulgaria’s centre-right party Union of Democratic Forces (UDF) officially submitted the name

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Former leader among UDF MPs expelled after rebellion in Bulgarian Constitutional Court drama

November 26, 2012May 22, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer judiciary

The former leader of Bulgarian right-wing minority party, Martin Dimitrov, was among a group of MPs expelled from the party

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Three nominees in the running for Bulgaria’s next prosecutor-general

November 23, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary

Three people have been put forth as Bulgaria’s next prosecutor-general before the deadline for nominations expired, amid lingering doubts about

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Bulgaria’s failed Constitutional Court judge handed ‘golden parachute’

November 23, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary

Bulgaria’s Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) has accepted the resignation of Veneta Markovska, the Constitutional Court judge that never was, handing

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