Prosecution

A local prosecutor has appealed to the country's top election body and the Interior Ministry as part of an ongoing investigation into the leak of a database which contained the personal information of nearly 50 million Turkish citizens.

Prime Minister Boyko Borisov expressed Bulgaria's support for the establishment of European public prosecutor's office.

Borisov said this during a meeting with European Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality, Vera Jourova, who is on a official visit to Sofia on Friday.

When Gabriela Birbora lost her husband on December 24, 1989, it was more or less the end of an era for her.

Since then, this widow who lives in Resita, in western Romania, has dedicated her time and energy to finding out who was responsible for the death of her husband during the protests in 1989 that brought down the communist regime.

Lawmakers have approved on a second reading legislative amendments that the government argues are paving the way for a major reform in the judicial system.

MPs have agreed to split the Supreme Judicial Council (VSS) into two colleges, one for judges and the other for prosecutors.

HOW CAN A NON-EXISTENT TAX BE EVADED? The indictment issued by Adem Meral, an Istanbul prosecutor who seeks up to 24.5 years in prison for Ayd?n Do?an, the Honorary Chairman of Turkey's leading Do?an Holding, is full of mistakes and contradictions. For instance, it is impossible to collect or evade a tax for an import transaction that is not taxed in legislation.

With 30 cases under investigation and 80 suspects being probed for crimes ranging from election-rigging to large-scale bribery and tax evasion, the Special Prosecution is fulfilling its assigned task of digging into alleged criminal activity by high-ranking state officials, observers told BIRN.

An indictment accusing 54 judges and prosecutors of staging a conspiracy during the "Selam Tevhid" investigation, an alleged terror group formed to justify the wiretapping and investigations by the "Fethullah Terror Organization/Parallel State Structure" have been prepared.

A Turkish prosecutor has filed a summary of proceeding against the country's main opposition leader on charges of "insulting the president" in his public speeches and through messages he shared on social media.

The District prosecution in the town of Vratsa, Northwestern Bulgaria, has dropped the murder charges against the Damyanov brothers, whose actions led to the death of 18-year-old Todor Ivanov back in January.

Prosecutor of the Supreme Court Euterpe Koutzamani has ordered prosecutors in Greece to intervene with the assistance of Greek Police and open the roads that are blocked by farmers.