The Courthouse has a unit for external surveillance, which is led by the former director of the Internal Security Directorate, Stefan Bankov, who was fired in 2021 for violating the Code of Ethics of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Deputy Chief..
No prosecutor has been or will be influenced in trying cases by statements made by persons holding senior public office. No prosecutor of the Sofia City Prosecutor's Office will be influenced by external factors, the capital prosecutor's office said in..
Magistrates – judges, prosecutors and examining magistrates, as well as judiciary staff organized a protest in front of the Court of Justice in Sofia in support of Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev, an attempt on whose life took place on 1 May...
“Thank God I switched cars at the last minute! Thank God nobody got killed! I am worried about the children, they got really scared,” said Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev for the website epicenter.bg after yesterday’s roadside explosion. He was..
The Bulgarian Association of Prosecutors has sent letters to institutions in the US and the EU in which they "strictly condemn the unlawful pressure exerted on the Bulgarian magistrates". A similar letter was sent a few days ago by the Chamber of..
We are still looking for three candidates for a judge in the European Court of Human Rights , interim Justice Minister Krum Zarkov said. Bulgaria does not propose the judge directly, he noted. It is to nominate three candidates from which the..
90% of judges in Bulgaria demand changes in the structure of the Supreme Judicial Council, reads a survey conducted among the magistrates, BTA informs. According to 9% of the respondents, the Supreme Judicial Council should maintain its current..
Parliament has finally passed a bill of amendments to the Judiciary Act. Under them magistrates shall declare involvement in secret societies or formal and non-formal organizations. Every judge, prosecutor or investigator and the members of..
The Inspectorate with Bulgaria’s Supreme Judicial Council is to control the honesty and the conflict of interests amidst magistrates, prosecutors and examining magistrates. Bulgaria’s National Assembly adopted amendments to the Judiciary Act at a..
