Judiciary of Russia

All opinions received so far at the Bulgarian Justice Ministry in connection with a reform of the judicial map proposed by the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) are negative, the Ministry said on Monday during a discussion it organized on accessible and effective justice.

Bulgaria's Supreme Prosecutor's Office of Cassation has taken the initiative and opened six cases against each of the individuals, sanctioned by U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) for their extensive roles in corruption in Bulgaria, announced at a briefing spokesperson for the Prosecutor's Office, Siika Mileva.

With 189 votes in favor, the deputies unanimously obliged the Prosecutor General to appear before the Committee on Legal Affairs every three months.This happened after the MPs adopted texts in the Rules of Procedure for the organization and activity of the National Assembly, BNT reported.

"Tangible risks have been created for arbitrariness and violation of rights of the participants in the criminal proceedings, including the prosecutor general and his deputies under investigation," stated Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev in a written statement submitted to the Constitutional Court (CC) concerning the changes in the Criminal Procedure Code (CPC) and the Judiciary Act, which created

Today, the prosecutor's office submitted new evidence on the spy affair shortly before the court hearings, which will decide whether some of the defendants for espionage in favor of Russia will remain in custody. The first meeting started before 10:00 a.m.

Minister of Justice Stelian Ion met on Monday with the Dutch Ambassador to Romania, Roelof Van Ees, with the two officials discussing on this occasion the process of amending the Justice package, but also the Criminal Code and the Criminal Procedure Code.

Today, after an anemic debate, the National Assembly has finally approved creating a new position in the judiciary - that of an ad-hoc prosecutor who will have power to investigate the prosecutor general.

President of Montenegrin Supreme Court Vesna Medenica at a press conference in Podgorica. Photo:PR Centar

The Parliament approved at first reading the appointment of a new figure of an investigative prosecutor who will investigate the Prosecutor General, with an appendix to the Criminal Procedure Code (NPC) submitted by Krasimir Tsipov of GERB. 100 MPs voted in favor, 46 were against (mainly of the Bulgarian Socialist Party) and 10 abstained, BTA reported.

Bulgaria's ruling GERB party was called upon by the Venice Commission to remove the untouchability of the prosecutor general after its members carried out a quick review of the draft "new constitution" of the government. This is the fourth consecutive analysis of the Bulgarian law carried out by the authoritative international commission, which leads up to such a call.