Court of Justice

Another protest against the nomination of Ivan Geshev, nominated by all 11 members of the Prosecutorial Board of the Supreme Judicial Council last Monday, gathered hundreds in front of the court building.

The Specialised Prosecutor's Office and the Directorate for Combatting Organised Crime disrupted an organized crime group on trafficking and sexual exploitation of women, Deputy Chief Prosecutor Ivan Geshev said at a briefing at the Court of Justice on July 29.

The National Assembly adopted the final amendments to the Railway Transport Act. The Railway Accident Investigation Unit will be directly subordinated to the Council of Ministers, BNR reports.

There is no other explanation as to why the Visegrad Four countries of Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic and Slovakia joined with Italy to pave the way for a German federalist to become president of the European Commission despite their past calls for an end to Germany's domination. All five nations are governed by anti-liberal, populist or far-right parties.

This morning, an anonymous blast signal closed the Plovdiv Court of Justice for about an hour. The signal is telephoned 112 at around 7.45 hours. The area has been cleansed and secured and a thorough check has been undertaken, BNT reported.

The European Commission today asked Bulgaria and Cyprus to fully implement EU rules for roadside inspections of commercial vehicles.

In 2014, EU countries agreed to introduce these rules into national law by 20 May 2017.

Chairman of the Szekler National Council (CNS) Izsak Balazs on Thursday said after the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) set aside the judgment of the General Court and annulled the European Commission's decision by which they refused to register the European Citizens' Initiative (ECI) titled "Cohesion Policy for the Equality of the Regions and Sustainability of the Regional Culture

Vetko and Marinela Arabadjievi were detained this morning at 8:45 am in Cabrera de Mar, near Barcelona by the Spanish judicial authorities. This was announced by the Prosecutor General Rumyana Arnaudova at a briefing at the Court of Justice.
 

The European Commission asked the European Union's top court on Thursday to impose fines on Greece for failing to protect its waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agriculture in compliance with an earlier court ruling.

The European Commission on Thursday took Britain to the bloc's top court for allegedly breaching rules on tax breaks in commodities trading, just two months before Brexit day, reports AFP. 

The commission, the EU's executive arm, said it acted because Britain has improperly broadened a Value Added Tax exemption to commodities that were not originally covered under decades-old rules.