"The judicial reform has been thrown in the bin. It is a model that shows the utter madness of concentrating so much power at the top of a repressive institution and having no control over the figure who runs it. The court has said that Bulgaria is a..
Vassil Terziev, candidate for mayor of Sofia nominated by PP/DB and Save Sofia would win 33.4% of the votes if the local election was this week , Georgi Georgiev (GERB/SDS) – 22.7%, Deyan Nikolov (Vazrazhdane) – 12%, Vanya Grigorova (Bulgarian..
The Bulgarian president signed a decree finalizing the unprecedented, in Bulgaria’s democratic history, early dismissal of the prosecutor general of the country. Now, half-way through his 7-year long term of office, Ivan Geshev is no longer at the..
“There has to be a judicial reform and we have to do our best to make it happen,” Democratic Bulgaria co-chair Hristo Ivanov stated after holding a meeting with the leadership of the parliamentary group of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms, in a..
GERB-SDS’ Prime Minister Designate Mariya Gabriel outlined her main priorities before the meetings with the parliamentary forces. “The first thing that the Minister of Justice in my cabinet will do is to submit to the Supreme Judicial Council a..
Delyan Dobrev (GERB) who was an MP at the 48th National Assembly called for an extraordinary meeting of the parliament. " As all the parties swear allegiance to the judicial reform and blame each other for its failure, I call on the president,..
“Sanctions were meant to reinforce Bulgaria’s choices which deepen its integration in Europe and cooperation with global companies, as well as the diversification of energy sources,” Ambassador Jim O'Brien, Head of the Office of Sanctions..
At a meeting with the head of the Office for Coordination of Sanctions in the US State Department, Jim O'Brien, President Rumen Radev discussed the sanctions imposed on Bulgarian citizens as part of the actions of the US and Great Britain to protect..
“What I saw from the Magnitsky sanctions is one more slap in the face of all institutions,” Interior Minister in the caretaker cabinet Ivan Demerdzhiev said for the BNR. US sanctions Bulgarian officials, firms for corruption, adding..
Already before the third cabinet-forming mandate was handed out, the M ovement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS) had highlighted several key priorities including Bulgaria’s Schengen membership, the country's accession to the Eurozone, implementation of..
