Bulgaria Constitutional Court rejects application to rule on military aid to Ukraine
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
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
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
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
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
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’
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
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 Constitutional Court rules Justice Minister can request Prosecutor-General’s dismissal
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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