Sotir Tsatsarov
Bulgaria Chief Prosecutor Presents Reforms to EU Commissioner
The Prosecutor General of Bulgaria Sotir Tsatsarov presented the ideas for reform in the prosecution during a meeting with EU Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Commissioner Vera Jourova on Thursday in Brussels.
Bulgaria Nationalist Leader Volen Siderov Gives Up Immunity
Volen Siderov, who heads the ultra-nationalist party Ataka, has renounced the immunity he enjoys as a lawmaker in order to face prosecution.
Parliament Speaker Tsetska Tsacheva announced at the beginning of Wednesday's plenary session that Siderov had submitted the day before a declaration to request the move.
Bulgaria Prosecution 'Subject to Political Pressure' - Chief Prosecutor
The notorious case of 'Filip Zlatanov's notebook' is resulting in pressure being applied on the Prosecutor's Office from all sides, Chief Prosecutor Sotir Tsatsarov said on Tuesday.
Bulgaria's Chief Prosecutor to Request Immunity of 7 MPs, 1 MEP
Chief Prosecutor Sotir Tsatsarov is to submit early in November demands that seven lawmakers who were sworn in this week be stripped of immunity.
Tsatsarov added Thursday he would also request the immunity of a MEP, the Bulgarian daily Sega reports.
The Chief prosecutors stopped short of giving names, provoking much speculation as to who the lawmakers are.