Bulgaria’s Prosecutor-General refuses to step down, claims political interference
Bulgaria’s Prosecutor-General Ivan Geshev said on May 15 that he would not give in to pressure and resign, accusing politicians
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Motion to dismiss Geshev as Bulgaria’s Prosecutor-General tabled in Supreme Judicial Council
Members of the Prosecutors College of the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) have submitted a proposal for Ivan Geshev to be
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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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