EC veiled threat of early CVM report for Bulgaria unfair – minister
Bulgaria’s Foreign Minister Nikolai Mladenov said on November 1 that the European Commission’s threat to issue a Co-operation and Verification
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Bulgarian Parliament elects new Constitutional Court judges, draws harsh EU criticism
Bulgaria’s Parliament elected Anastas Anastassov and Veneta Markovska as Constitutional Court judges on October 31, prompting strong criticism and the
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Bulgarian President nominates Prosecutor-General Velchev to Constitutional Court
Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev has nominated Prosecutor-General Boris Velchev to the country’s Constitutional Court, the President announced on October 11
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Bulgaria’s new judicial council holds first meeting
Bulgaria’s newly-elected Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) held its first official meeting on October 3, electing the council representative and a
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Bulgarian Parliament concludes judicial council election
Bulgarian Parliament concluded on September 26 the election of the country’s next Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) by appointing 11 members
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Bulgarian judges elect first members of Bulgaria’s supreme judicial council
Several days after Bulgaria’s Parliament held the hearings for the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) candidates nominated by MPs, the country’s
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Mixed reactions to Bulgarian judicial council nominee hearings
Bulgaria’s outgoing prosecutor-general Boris Velchev and Justice Minister Diana Kovacheva offered a less-than-glowing endorsement of the public hearings held in
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Europe’s eyes on new transparency in election of Bulgaria’s Supreme Judicial Council
Senior European Commission officials will be among those watching live online streaming and public television broadcasts of the process of
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Once more round the merry-go-round: Parliament debates no-confidence vote over CVM
The hours that ticked by in Bulgaria’s National Assembly as MPs debated the motion of no confidence in Prime Minister
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