The Bulgarian National Assembly adopted at first reading amendments to the Penal Code that envisage tougher penalties for domestic violence. Non- physical domestic violence (bullying and chase) will be penalized with up to 5 years in prison. The same offences in non-domestic conditions will be penalized with probation or 1 year in prison. The legislative amendments were proposed by National Assembly President Tsveta Karayancheva.
The question whether Supreme Judicial Council with expired mandate has the power to elect the Chief Prosecutor and the President of the Supreme Administrative Court must be clarified in the Constitutional Court. This position was..
Caretaker Minister of the Environment and Water, Petar Dimitrov, says he does not think there was a problem in the location of the air quality measuring stations. A week ago, in an interview with BNR, lawyer Dimitar Ploshtakov..
The number of victims of trafficking since the beginning of the year is 55, as 41 of the victims are women, Antoaneta Dimitrova from the National Commission for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings has reported. According to her, for..
Right before the two military pilots training for an air show crashed their plane in the critical seven seconds of the flight there was no communication..
A fire broke out in the Varna office of a party which was represented in the last National Assembly and which is contesting the forthcoming elections on 27..
According to a survey by Gallup International Balkan, one tenth of respondents admit that they would accept to vote in exchange for money, other..
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