The recent chairperson of the GERB-SDS parliamentary group, Desislava Atanasova, and the former judge of the Supreme Court of Cassation, Borislav Belazelkov, are to be sworn in as constitutional judges today. The two were elected members of the..
Twenty-two judges will be able to investigate the prosecutor general and his deputies, the court’s press centre has announced. Their names have been approved by the general assembly of the Criminal College of the Supreme Court of Cassation..
“Shame, I never imagined that in a country that is a member of the EU, we have to go back in time tens of years and start fighting a battle for independence all over again,” Galina Zaharova, chair of the Supreme Court of Cassation told reporters..
A mechanism for holding the Prosecutor General criminally liable is being established, Bulgaria's caretaker Minister of Justice Krum Zarkov announced at a briefing at the Council of Ministers. This mechanism provides for a criminal judge from the..
According to the Constitution, "sex" shall be considered as a biological concept only, Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court ruled. 11 court members voted in favor and one person (Georgi Angelov) voted against. The Civil College of the Supreme Court..
Only one-fifth of eligible judges participate in the election of two new members of the Judicial Board of Bulgaria's Supreme Judicial Council . This happens less than a year before the end of the mandate of the SJC and after the resignations of the..
The Democratic Bulgaria Coalition has announced that it will support the civil candidacy of Lozan Panov for president and Maria Kasimova-Moase for vice president. The coalition points out that Panov largely covers the political views of the coalition...
The Supreme Court of Cassation has confirmed the acquittal of former Defence Minister Nikolay Nenchev for the repair of Russian MiG fighter jets. The final “not guilty” verdict comes after five and a half years of investigation and judicial..
After 4 hours of discussions, the Plenum of the Supreme Judicial Council has terminated the debate on the request of the Union of Judges in Bulgaria to start a procedure for removal of the Prosecutor General. The item was put on the agenda by the..
