Public law

A second curfew has been declared in the Cizre district of the southeastern province of ??rnak amid operations to apprehend members of the "terrorist organization," the ??rnak Governor's Office has stated. 

The latest curfew comes less than 48 hours since the controversial last curfew ended.

Operations caused the deaths of three civilians and injured three others in the southeastern province of Diyarbak?r?s Silvan district on Aug. 18, during a period when a curfew had been declared, according to a human rights report prepared by local civil society organizations. 

Three people were killed and seven wounded in the curfew-decreed Yüksekova district of the southeastern province of Hakkari, a Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) deputy has claimed.

The Sofia City Court has postponed by a month the decision on the extradition to Italy of Nikolay Kitov, Member of the Board of Directors of Bulgarian consumer electronics retailer Technomarket.

Kitov, who faces tax fraud charges, was arrested in Sofia on July 7. A few days after the arrest, he was released on a bail of BGN 10 000.

A Bulgarian Court is to rule on Monday whether to extradite Nikolay Kitov, a Bulgarian entrepreneur whom Italian authorities suspect of involvement in a tax fraud scheme.

Kitov was detained by Bulgarian authorities who acted in compliance with a European Arrest Warrant.

Just a few days after his detention, however, he was released on bail.

Nikolay Kitov, founder and CEO of Bulgaria-based Technomarket consumer electronics and household appliances chain, has been released on a BGN 10,000 (EUR 5,000) bail by Sofia City Court (SCC), according to BGNES.

Economy Minister Bozhidar Lukarski has suggested that the problem of investor confidence in Bulgarian institutions has not been solved.

In a Thursday interview for Nova TV Lukarski noted that investors were complaining about corruption and the failure to carry out the reform of the judiciary, as well as fears that courts were subject to external influence.

Actually, it is not similar - it is exactly the same as the state of emergency that we all know. The streets are guarded by soldiers; so are the malls and the public buildings. There is a curfew at night. There are patrols wandering the ruined streets. During the day, there is fear everywhere: In houses, cars, shops, mothers? hearts?

The Sofia Appellate Court upheld on Thursday the verdict of the Sofia City Court, which had ruled to release Judge Rumyana Chenalova on bail.

The Appellate Court dismissed the request of the Prosecutor's Office to return Chenalova back to custody, daily Dnevnik reports.

The Plovdiv Appellate Court has released the former Director of the Svilengrad Customs Office Todor Karaivanov, Todor Karaivanov, on a bail of BGN 5000.

Karaivanov was arrested on January 28 in an operation of the State Agency for National Security (DANS).

He was receiving a bribe of EUR 600 at the moment of arrest. Earlier the same day, he had received a bribe of BGN 600.