Bulgaria might lose hundreds of millions of euros under the Recovery and Resilience Plan, if it did not adopt changes to the Judiciary Act by June, Deputy Minister of Justice, Emil Dechev, warned on Nova News.
According to him, the introduction of a mechanism for investigating the Prosecutor General through an independent magistrate is important, but not the only one. According to him, the law proposed by the Council of Ministers would resolve a number of issues. The changes would reduce the absolute power of the Prosecutor General and would introduce the possibility of temporary suspension in the event of an intentional crime.
"At the moment, any judge, prosecutor or investigator can be temporarily suspended if they are accused of an intentional crime, but not the chief prosecutor", Emil Dechev commented.
In its annual 2022 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices , released Monday, the US State Department says that the Bulgarian government's actions to tackle corruption and disregard for human rights are "insufficient". "Authorities took steps to..
On Tuesday the lowest temperatures will range from 4°C to 9°C, for Sofia- around 4°C . Significant cloudiness is in the forecast for March 21. It will start raining in the western parts of the country in the afternoon hours. Daytime highs will reach..
An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.9 has been registered near the town of Targu Giu in Romania, seismologists from the National Institute of Geophysics, Geodesy and Geography of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences said. The quake occurred at 16:02..
A vehicle with foreign license plates carrying illegal migrants from Afghanistan overturned near the Aldomirovo Swamp near Dragoman. One migrant has..
The last group of researchers from the 31st National Antarctic Expedition returned to Bulgaria on Sunday noon. They were welcomed at Sofia Airport by..
Russian citizens seeking political asylum in Bulgaria protested in the coastal city of Burgas. They gathered in front of the Alyosha monument. Director..
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