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Supreme Judicial Council re-elects Ivan Geshev for Prosecutor General with 20 to 4. Justice Atanaska Disheva and Geshev opposer said he threatened her job

More of the same: The Supreme Judicial Council re-elects Ivan Geshev for Prosecutor General with 20 to 4. Again The Supreme Judicial Council re-…

Council for Electronic Media holds hearing for removal of top justice reporter from the air, Supreme Bar Council issues statement against Ivan Geshev’s candidacy for Prosecutor General

The immediate and unlimited power of the Prosecutor General PM Boyko Borissov is in a tight spot between trying to win Sofia and supporting Ivan…

Anticorruption Commission discovers no conflict of interest in ApartmentGate scandal, Bulgarian authorities have known for 10 years of people with illegal citizenship and are finally going to do something about it

Commentaries: Anticorruption Commission discovers no conflict of interest in ApartmentGate scandal The Anticorruption Commission, which was cond…

PM Boyko Borissov all-in coming up to the last week before EU elections, Judge Ivo Hinov releases motives for ruling on Ivancheva case, Investigative journalist detained and made to take down piece of reporting

Commentary: The pressure cooker that is Boyko Borissov before elections GERB is on high alert coming up to the last week before the campaign for…

The cheap apartment saga continues and might become GERB’s undoing, Danail Kirilov to take over Ministry of Justice after Tsetska Tsacheva resigned amid apartment scandal

Commentary: Cheap apartments scandal continues, this time the public isn’t budging to GERB normal PR tactics Tsvetanov`s apartment is in Artex`s…

Several resignations, including Borissov’s Number-Two from Parliament amid cheap apartment deals scandal, Parliament passes amendments to the Elections Act, again

Commentary: Tsvetan Tsvetanov resigns his seat in Parliament amid apartment scandal but admits to no wrongdoing Tsvetanov will keep his other tw…

Dmitri Medvedev visits Sofia; wants guarantees from the European Commission for TurkStream, The Movement of Rights and Freedoms (DPS) and GERB pardon 8 million leva debts of the Grand Mufti

Commentary: Dmitri Medvedev wants guarantees from the European Commission for TurkStream. Bulgaria will pay happily either way Russian Prime Min…

Bulgarian law enforcement agencies cover-up politicians’ money laundering schemes: European Commission report, MPs move to ease process for liquidation of assets of collapsed bank

Commentary: An overview of this week’s legislative lovechildren between GERB and the Movement for Rights and Freedoms This week marked some impo…

Vice PM Krassimir Karakachanov announces radical racist plan for “Roma integration”, Tsvetan Vassilev might be questioned in the trial for the collapse of the Corporate Commercial Bank (KTB)

Commentary: Bulgaria loves racism. And has the vice PM to prove it Vice PM Krassimir Karakachanov and leader on one of the far-right nationalist…

The Bulgarian government chooses the F-16, Bulgaria vs. EU’s Mobility Package

Commentary: Bulgaria: Racism is what unites us Bulgaria is a racist state. This is not a grand statement neither for Bulgaria, nor for most stat…

New bill aims to give Anticorruption Commission unlimited power, The draining of the Corporate Commercial Bank (KTB) continues long after its bankruptcy in 2014, The parents of children with disabilities were named Bulgarian Helsinki Committee’s person of the year

Moving along: One step closer to the authoritative regime we are headed for Bulgaria slowly yet steadily makes advances toward concentrating pow…

Constitutional Court Rules Istanbul Convention Unconstitutional, GERB Gives Up on the ‘Domuschiev Amendments’, which Shook the Government, President Ratifies Controversial Fuel Bill

The Constitutional Court Rules the Istanbul Convention Unconstitutional With 8 votes in favor and 4 against the Bulgarian Constitutional Court r…

Anti-Monopoly Commission Stops NOVA TV and CEZ Deals, Parliament Passes Resolution to Stop Migrants Returning to Bulgaria, Vice PM Valeri Simeonov Threatens to Leave Coalition Amid Passing of Lobbyist Bill

Both Minority and Majority Voted Government to Stop Accepting More Migrants With 177 votes MPs from across the political spectrum passed a resol…

Mediapool Weekly: June 16 – June 22, 2018

PM Boyko Borisov Prime Minister Boyko Borissov Calls for the EU to Close its Borders to Migrants Immediately PM Boyko Borissov took to Parliamen…