The figure of a prosecutor in the investigation against the Prosecutor General is unconstitutional, according to an opinion of the Bulgarian Helsinki Committee on the case filed in the Constitutional Court to establish if recent changes to the Judiciary Act and the Criminal Procedure Code contradict the basic law. The new texts were adopted by GERB and the United Patriots at the end of the work of the last parliament, while President Rumen Radev signaled the Constitutional Court. According to the human rights organization, in order for control over the chief prosecutor to be possible at all, his powers must be limited. However, this could not happen with a legal figure contradicting by the Constitutional Court.
MEP Elena Yoncheva is in the city of Sanaa, Yemen, aiming to reach the port city of Hodeidah on the Red Sea. There lies the hijacked ship Galaxy Leader, where Captain Lyubomir Chanev and Chief Mate Danail Veselinov are being held by the Houthi rebels...
The Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) insists that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs summons the Ambassador of the Republic of North Macedonia to explain comments made by North Macedonia’s Deputy Premier Aleksandar Nikoloski. In a TV interview he called..
Bulgaria is among the top 5 countries in the EU in terms of growth in the number of nights spent by visitors in the period Apr-June 2024 compared to the same period in 2023, Eurostat said. The data show that the country is establishing itself as a..
Sofia’s urban subway system has proved to be among the most liked in Europe. The Sofia Metro was ranked the second best in Europe,..
Gorna Oryahovitsa will host a review of amateur creativity and a Festival of military brass bands of the Ground Forces. From September..
On Wednesday there will be scattered clouds, which will thicken up in the afternoon. In the Balkan Mountain and the massifs in..
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