Bulgaria’s caretaker Minister of Justice Ivan Demerdzhiev is preparing a request for the resignation of Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev. Minister Demerdzhiev is waiting for the Constitutional Court to rule whether this country’s Minister of Justice has the power to lodge such a request.
“The Prosecutor’s Office has not been active with regard to the numerous signals on irregularities submitted by the caretaker cabinets”, Minister Demerdzhiev said in an interview for the BNR. “We do everything we can to enhance interaction with the European Public Prosecutor’s Office when Bulgaria's prosecution fails to take action”, Minister Demerdzhiev assured.
The truck traffic on the Maritsa highway to the Kapitan Andreevo border crossing at the Bulgarian-Turkish border is now normalized. "As of this morning, there are no more queues of trucks standing on the roadway waiting to cross the border," assured..
At the request of the European Public Prosecutor's Office, searches have been carried out in Sofia, Burgas, Petrich and Rila in connection with an investigation into alleged fraud with EU funds in the restoration of a church. In 2017, a public tender..
One million and eight hundred Bulgarian citizens travelled as tourists during the third quarter of the year, National Statistical Institute data show. 72.3% of them travelled inside the country, 20.8% travelled abroad and 6.9% - both inside Bulgaria..
According to an analysis by the Electricity System Operator, a shortage of electricity is expected as early as January and February next year. At a..
“It’s time to lift internal border controls now,” European Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson believes. In an interview with RFE/RL she..
The Constitutional Court has opened a case following the request by President Rumen Radev for the amendments to the Constitution, endorsed by the 49 th..
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