The Supreme Judicial Council did not vote the declaration submitted against the planned closure of the specialized prosecutor's office and the specialized court. Yanaki Stoilov, Minister of Justice in the caretaker cabinet is a non-voting chairman of the Council by right. Minister Stoilov demanded that before adopting any position, the magistrates conduct a full analysis of the work of the two institutions before any decision on their future is made.
The Ministry of Justice will review the claims made by businessman Svetoslav Ilchovski who stated, during a meeting of the ad hoc audit committee formed by the last parliament, that he was shown a video showing atrocities being committees against a detainee. Minister Stoilov stated he wanted to see which specific places, persons and names were involved.
Red paint was splattered in front of the Russian Embassy in Sofia. A video posted on the Facebook page of "BOEC" shows activists of the civil movement unloading paint buckets from a vehicle and spilling the paint in front of the embassy..
"We came out to defend freedom. We will keep fighting. The protest continues on Wednesday", Vazrazhdane leader Kostadin Kostadinov said an interview with BNR. "The protest continues inside the National Assembly. We will resist until the end", the MP..
Despite the ban by the Sofia Municipality, the Lukov March took place under heightened police presence. Participants in the far-right procession gathered on February 22 at Sveta Nedelya Square. They marched to the house of General Hristo Lukov, where..
According to data from Eurostat, Bulgaria has met the final criterion for joining the eurozone, namely price stability, Minister of Finance Temenuzhka..
The Ministers of Agriculture of Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia have called on the European Commission to restore pre-war import quotas for..
Sofia has taken over the presidency of the most prestigious local government forum in the Balkans – B40. The capital’s mayor Vasil Terziev accepted the..
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