A total of 23 magistrates have applied to participate in the procedure for selection of European Delegated Prosecutors to represent Bulgaria at the European Public Prosecutor's Office. 15 prosecutors, two investigators and six judges submitted their..
The prosecutors’ college of the Supreme Judicial Council urged caretaker Minister of the Interior Boyko Rashkov to observe the separation of powers. “Rashkov’s appearances on the Bulgarian National Radio and his allegations that “a number of..
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..
The Supreme Judicial Council opened and immediately stopped the procedure for electing a special prosecutor to investigate the chief prosecutor and his deputies, reporter Silvia Velikova informed. The reason for this decision is that..
The Prosecutors’ College of Bulgaria's Supreme Judicial Council is to discuss, at its meeting next Wednesday, a letter by the head of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) Laura Kövesi requesting additional information about the Bulgarian..
The European Public Prosecutor’s Office has requested additional information for some of the Bulgarian candidates for European Delegated Prosecutors. The College of the EU Public Prosecutor’s Office headed by Laura Koveshi will decide on their..
Bulgaria will have 10 instead of 2 European delegated prosecutors. This transpired at an extraordinary meeting of the prosecutors’ college of the Supreme Judicial Council, at which a procedure was launched for the selection of delegated prosecutors..
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..
A draft that envisages that an independent prosecutor can investigate the prosecutor general and his/her deputies was submitted to Bulgaria’s National Assembly, this country’s Minister of Justice Desislava Ahladova said for Nova TV. We will..
“The idea that the prosecutor’s office should have the same status of independence as the court is erroneous,” Ivan Bregov from the Institute for Market Economics’ Legal Programme said for the BNR. In his words as an instrument of criminal law..
