At an extraordinary sitting today, the members of parliament will discuss, at first reading, amendments to the Criminal Code and the Protection Against Domestic Violence Act. Last Thursday, the members of the National Assembly’s Legal Affairs..
“The acts which crush human dignity, torture and inhuman treatment must be criminalised with amendments to the Criminal Code, and for them there must be severe punishment,” says Ombudsman Diana Kovacheva. Sadistic violence against a young..
The Legal Affairs Committee has adopted proposed changes to the Criminal Code which would raise the penalties for light and medium bodily harm. The draft, tabled by GERB-SDS, PP-DB and MRF, was approved unanimously. It provides for the perpetrator to..
"Bulgaria has not yet received an answer from Russia why investigative journalist Hristo Grozev is on its wanted list", caretaker Minister of Interior Ivan Demeredzhiev said from the parliamentary rostrum. "I sent an official letter to the..
The Bulgarian Parliament has passed at first reading amendments to the Criminal Code aimed to curb radical Islam. The bill of amendments has been submitted by the United Patriots. The changes envisage one to five years of imprisonment for preaching..
