“Elections for a new prosecutor general can be held no earlier than the beginning of next summer,” Justice Minister Atanas Slavov said in an interview for public service TV BNT. In his words, the only way this can happen any earlier is if the..
Judge Daniela Taleva from the Sofia City Court is the first magistrate chosen to investigate the prosecutor general by drawing of lots among 22 judges in the presence of the media. The first case file concerns a report, from 7 June, against the..
The Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) has halted the procedure for the election of a new prosecutor general until the closure of the case at the Constitutional Court. Supreme Judicial Council has dismissed Ivan Geshev from position of..
Justice for Bulgaria is the name of the newest in the long line of “civic movements” emerging on the political stage in this country. Its creation was announced by former prosecutor general Ivan Geshev in a live stream on Facebook. Ivan..
At a hearing in parliament, Justice Minister Atanas Slavov called on the political forces to start consultations on constitutional reform as early as next week . He also said he would not exercise his power to nominate a new prosecutor general with this..
By 12 to 4 votes, the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) is launching a procedure for the election of a new prosecutor general. Supreme Judicial Council has dismissed Ivan Geshev from position of Chief Prosecutor The question has been raised..
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..
The replacement of Bulgaria’s prosecutor general Ivan Geshev, who was dismissed ahead of schedule, with his deputy until recently, Borislav Sarafov, does not succeed in easing the long-standing tension in Bulgaria's judicial system, observers comment...
In a video address, posted on Facebook, the now former Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev announced he was withdrawing as prosecutor. Supreme Judicial Council has dismissed Ivan Geshev from position of Prosecutor General Bulgarian Judges..
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..
