At an extraordinary sitting today, the members of parliament will discuss, at first reading, amendments to the Criminal Code and the Protection Against Domestic Violence Act. Last Thursday, the members of the National Assembly’s Legal Affairs..
For the first six months of 2023, 1,950 orders for protection from violence have been issued in Bulgaria. Their share is the highest in the regions of Veliko Tarnovo, Silistra and Razgrad, according to data from the General Directorate of the..
A protest under the motto: “Not a single woman more; changes to the law, now!” is taking place in front of the National Assembly as the MPs from the legal affairs committee are entering the building. The committee is to hold a meeting today to approve..
“The MPs must criminalise, as a matter of urgency, acts aiming to violate human dignity,” lawyer Mihail Ekimjiev stated in an interview with public service TV BNT. The members of parliament suspended their summer break after protests broke..
MPs will interrupt their summer vacation in order to adopt changes to the Criminal Code and the Domestic Violence Protection Act. On August 3, the legal committee will hold an extraordinary meeting, while an extraordinary plenary..
A national protest has began in more than 40 cities across the country after a case of violence against an 18-year-old girl from Stara Zagora . A month ago she was attacked and abused in her home, as her 26-year-old friend Georgi Georgiev was..
The number of calls made to the national helpline for victims of violence has gone up in the first six months of the year – to 960 in January-June, as compared to 794 during the same period of last year. Girl needs 400 stitches after being..
National Council for the Prevention and Protection of Domestic Violence will maintain a register of cases across the country, MPs have decided, finalizing changes to the Protection against Domestic Violence Act. In addition, the..
“Almost 1 in 10 women in Bulgaria say they have suffered threats of physical violence,” Minister of Labor and Social Policy Ivanka Shalapatova said at the forum “Measures for combating domestic and gender-based violence”, organized by the Animus..
We are seeing an escalation of domestic violence after the coronavirus epidemic, a survey on gender-based domestic violence shows. One of the main conclusions is that Bulgarian families only regard physical violence as a problem, and all other forms..
