Caretaker Minister of Justice Krum Zarkov announced on Facebook that he had put the state seal on President Rumen Radev's decree for the promulgation in State Gazette of the law amending the Criminal Procedure Code, introducing a mechanism for investigating the prosecutor general. The amendments were adopted by the National Assembly on May 26.
The revision reduces the majority at the 25-member Supreme Judicial Council required for the appointment and dismissal of a prosecutor general from 17 to 13 votes. The amendments will be promulgated in State Gazette on June 2 and will enter into force three days after their promulgation. Within three months, the National Assembly and the judiciary must start a procedure for the election of new members of the Supreme Judicial Council.
On World Tuberculosis Day, the Ministry of Health has reported a trend for a permanent decrease in the incidence of tuberculosis. While in 2014, tuberculosis patients were 23.2 per 100,000 people, ten years later their..
The construction of units 7 and 8 of the Kozloduy NPP is strategically important for Bulgaria, GERB leader and chairman of the party's parliamentary group, Boyko Borissov, says. Borissov, together with Minister of Energy Zhecho..
The return of Japanese business to Bulgaria and the positive relations between the two countries could lead to a new "golden age" in the exchange between Japan and Bulgaria, as a starting point for this could be the upcoming World..
Those in professions where weapons are used should undergo compulsory military training. This is being considered by the Ministry of War, Minister Atanas..
Hundreds of citizens have once again protested against animal cruelty in Plovdiv and Sofia. The protesters demanded that Gabriela Sashova and Krassimir..
Proposals for tougher penalties for animal cruelty have been published for public debate until 4 April this year, after which changes will be made to the..
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