Bulgaria still has no progress on improving the effectiveness of investigation and a robust track-record of prosecution and final convictions in high-level cases of corruption including through the institutional reform of the Anti-Corruption Commission and specialized judicial authorities.
This is stated in the European Commission's 2023 annual rule of law report, pulished today, BNR's correspondent in Brussels Angelina Piskova reports. The report notes Bulgaria's significant progress in the introduction of a mechanism for effective accountability and criminal responsibility of the prosecutor general and the introduction of judicial control over the prosecution's refusal to initiate criminal proceedings, as well as the improved national coordination mechanism for the rule of law, Prime Minister Nikolay Denkov said at today's government meeting.
The European Commission is taking steps to definitively end the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism for Bulgaria and Romania, confirmed EU Commissioner for Values and Transparency Vera Jourova.
The confiscation of cars driven by drunk and drugged drivers does not contradict the Bulgarian Constitution. This was decided by the Constitutional Court. The cars of those who drove after using alcohol and drugs, if they are their property,..
The Institute for Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence and Technology (INSAIT) at Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" presented five scientific papers at the International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML 2025) , the university's press..
The State Agency for Refugees with the Council of Ministers will implement a pilot project for Bulgaria and the European Union aimed at creating alternative social services for unaccompanied refugee children , announced the agency’s head Ivan Ivanov,..
The last battle of the legendary Bulgarian voivode Hadji Dimitar and his men against the Ottoman troops in 1868 will be reenacted for the 11 th time,..
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