Members of the European Parliament LIBE Democracy, Rule of Law and Fundamental Rights Monitoring Group are to come to Bulgaria at the end of September to investigate the police brutality against protesters during last year’s anti-government protests in Sofia, the press office of Bulgaria’s MEP Elena Yoncheva has announced.
They will hold meetings at the prosecutor’s office and the Interior Ministry and will request information about the unacceptable behavior of law enforcement officers. The announcement calls for punishment for the people directly involved, as well as for political accountability. Elena Yoncheva states that an EP resolution on the rule of law in Bulgaria was adopted in October 2020, in which it expresses regret over the significant deterioration in the observance of the rule of law, democracy and fundamental rights in Bulgaria. The issue of human rights violations is also expected to be raised with the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties.
The Administrative Court in the Republic of North Macedonia has ruled in a second instance that Bulgarian MEP Andrey Kovatchev was lawfully not allowed into the country on May 6, 2023 , BGNES reported. The reasons are that he undermined “the..
The Basic Court in Bitola has handed down a suspended sentence of 1 year with a probationary period of 2 years in the case against Ljubcho Georgievski, chairman of the defunct Ivan Mihaylov Cultural Club , his lawyer Naser Raufi told BTA. Ljubcho..
Thirty teams from 5 countries will vie for the trophy of the 16 th edition of the cup of the football tournament St. Nikola (St. Nicolas) – patron saint of the seaside city of Burgas, and of sailors, the Bulgarian news agency BTA reports. The..
“We are witnessing an intensification of the Russian hybrid war against Bulgaria,” Assoc. Prof. Momchil Doychev, co-chairman of the Atlantic..
Data from the beginning of the year put Bulgaria among the top 10 EU countries in the increase in the number of tourists, said Minister of Tourism..
Bulgarian citizens in the territory of the State of Israel are advised to remain calm, strictly adhere to the instructions of the Israeli Civil Defense ,..
+359 2 9336 661