On June 12, the Supreme Judicial Council continues the procedure for ousting Chief Prosecutor Ivan Geshev. The procedure has been started by four members of the SJC after a Geshev's statement that undermines the prestige of the..
The plenum of the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) adjourned their meeting late last night, which debated the procedure for the early removal from office of prosecutor general Ivan Geshev for more than 13 hours. The first motion for early..
The plenary session of Bulgaria's Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) unanimously accepted as admissible the second proposal for early release of the prosecutor general Ivan Geshev . Both requests were made by members of the Council's Prosecuting Authority...
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..
Bulgaria's Prosecutor General has submitted a request to the Constitutional Court to interpret whether it is admissible for the Supreme Judicial Council, whose mandate has expired, to make personnel decisions for the senior magistrates in the..
The Supreme Judicial Council, SJC, has ruled as admissible the proposal for the dismissal of Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev. Supreme Judicial Council’s prosecutors’ college seeks dismissal of Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev The storm in..
“Shame, I never imagined that in a country that is a member of the EU, we have to go back in time tens of years and start fighting a battle for independence all over again,” Galina Zaharova, chair of the Supreme Court of Cassation told reporters..
Bulgaria’s Deputy Prosecutor General Borislav Sarafov filed a report to the Sofia City Prosecutor's Office against Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev. The report contains allegations of possible crimes committed by the Prosecutor General Geshev...
The week started in this country with a veritable storm in the upper echelons of the state. This time the epicenter of the storm was the prosecutor’s office, whose administrative leader, Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev called a special press..
The procedure for the dismissal of Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev could be completed by the end of May, Atanaska Disheva, a member of the Supreme Judicial Council, said for the BNR. In her words, once Ivan Geshev is served with the proposal for..
