Bulgaria still has no progress on improving the effectiveness of investigation and a robust track-record of prosecution and final convictions in high-level cases of corruption including through the institutional reform of the Anti-Corruption Commission and specialized judicial authorities.
This is stated in the European Commission's 2023 annual rule of law report, pulished today, BNR's correspondent in Brussels Angelina Piskova reports. The report notes Bulgaria's significant progress in the introduction of a mechanism for effective accountability and criminal responsibility of the prosecutor general and the introduction of judicial control over the prosecution's refusal to initiate criminal proceedings, as well as the improved national coordination mechanism for the rule of law, Prime Minister Nikolay Denkov said at today's government meeting.
The European Commission is taking steps to definitively end the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism for Bulgaria and Romania, confirmed EU Commissioner for Values and Transparency Vera Jourova.
Friday will be cloudy, but there will be no rain during the day. Precipitation will start in the evening in eastern Bulgaria and continue during the night over the rest of the country. Minimum temperatures will be between minus 2°C and 3°C, around 0°C in..
Bulgaria is returning to Lebanon the remains of the terrorist who, in 2012, blew himself on a bus carrying Israeli tourists , BGNES reported. The terrorist attack took place at Sarafovo Airport—the deadliest attack on Israelis abroad since 2004. In the..
Bulgaria’s National Assembly approved at first reading three draft amendments to the Family Code. GERB-SDS propose introducing the possibility of shared parenting in cases of divorce, with the court ruling also addressing the issue of the child’s..
The personnel crisis in the tourism sector has reached critical levels, with various data indicating that up to 70% of tourist sites..
Energy Minister Zhecho Stankov attended the tenth edition of the Delphi Economic Forum in Greece. "Bulgaria is a reliable partner in the region's energy..
Sofia public transport workers will protest on Monday, April 14, demanding increase in wages . The decision to protest was made after meetings between the..
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