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Ivan Geshev Was Nominated for Chief Prosecutor
Ivan Geshev is the first nomination for the new Chief Prosecutor. There are 11 people behind his candidacy, including the current Chief Prosecutor Sotir Tsatsarov, whose term expires in January.
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The Procedure for the Election of a new Chief Prosecutor Starts
The Plenum of the Supreme Judicial Council will hold a sitting today, July 15, when the procedure for election of the Chief Prosecutor will be opened.
The July Session of the SJC will hold four sessions for the submission of proposals for candidates for the Chief Prosecutor. Proposals can be made by at least three of the members of the Prosecutor's Office and the Minister of Justice.
European Court Organizes Round Table on Effective Investigations into Killings and ill-treatment in Sofia, Bulgaria
On 20 and 21 June the Department for the Execution of the European Court's Judgments is organising a round table in Sofia on the Strasbourg Court's judgments against Bulgaria concerning ineffective investigations into violations of the right to life and the prohibition of torture and other forms of ill-treatment, including the need to ensure that investigations targeting a Chief Prosecutor are
The New Chief Prosecutor Will Be Elected Days Before the Local Elections
The new Chief Prosecutor will be elected days before the local elections. The Plenum of the Supreme Judicial Council decided that the election will take place on October 24th, adjusting the date of November 14th, as Sotir Tsatsarov proposed. Nominations for candidates will be made no later than July 29th, and the start of the procedure will be on July 15th.
Bulgarian President Rumen Radev will Meet with the SJC Representative
President Rumen Radev will talk to the representative of the Supreme Judicial Council Boyan Magdalinchev.
The conversation is part of a series of meetings that the head of state has initiated in connection with the selection criteria and the powers of the next Chief Prosecutor.
President Radev Launches a Series of Meetings For the Election of a Next Chief Prosecutor
The two will discuss the criteria for choosing the next head of state prosecution and its future powers.
The term of office of the current Chief Prosecutor expires in January 2020, and the procedure for choosing his successor is open between 4 and 6 months earlier.
Bulgaria's Chief Prosecutor Orders New Checks into Property Acquisitions by Top Officials
Bulgaria's Chief Prosecutor Sotir Tsatsarov has ordered checks into property acquisitions by the Head of the anti-corruption commission, Plamen Georgiev, the son of the National Investigation Service director Borislav Sarafov and the wife of Supreme Court of Cassation head Lozan Panov, reports BNT.
Bulgarian Magistrates and Court Officials will be Able to Run and Manage European Projects
MEPs adopted at second reading amendments to the Fund Management Act of the European Structural and Investment Funds.
Wages in the Bulgarian Judiciary are Increasing Equally for all by 10 Percent
The wages of all judges, prosecutors and investigators will increase by 10% in 2019. The same increase also applies to all employees of the judiciary, reports Dnevnik.
This was voted unanimously by the Plenum of the Supreme Judicial Council, only the chairman of the Supreme Court of Cassation Lozan Panov was absent.
Four Newly Elected Constitutional Judges in Bulgaria Took Oaths
On 13th of November, the newly elected constitutional judges solemnly took their oath of office, reports BNT.
After the elections, Pavlina Panova and Nadezhda Dzhelepova received the support of their colleagues from the judges' quota of the Suptreme Judicial Council.