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.
European integration is the best way to guarantee and promote peace, security, democracy, human rights and the rule of law in the interest of the citizens of the countries part of the enlargement process. This position was expressed..
A conference dedicated to path of Bulgarian literature to the international stage will take place on September 28 at the Hyperspace Social Tech Hub in Sofia. The event is part of the "Autumn Studio for Literary Translation", according..
Bulgaria marks the Day of Organic Agriculture. In the EU, just 10.4% of production is organic, and in Bulgaria it is just 2-2.2%, Nadezhda Shopova from the Institute for Climate, Atmosphere and Water Research at the Bulgarian Academy..
Friday will be sunny and temperatures will rise during the day to reach 28-33°C, 29°C in the capital. Lows will be between 11 and 16°C, 11°C in Sofia...
For the first time in 38 years the population of Bulgaria has practically stopped its downward trend. In 2023 the decline is by a mere 0.3%, or just..
Bulgaria is growing more and more visible for businesses in the US, said Bulgaria’s President Rumen Radev at a briefing in New York after meeting with..
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