By Krassen Nikolov Bulgarian MEP Emil Radev (EPP/GERB) announced he doesn’t want to be nominated as the country’s Chief Prosecutor. In recent months Radev’s name was unofficially mentioned as one of the possible candidates for…
By Krassen Nikolov Bulgarian Justice Minister Danail Kirilov announced that he would resign if the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism (CVM) was not lifted by the end of Juncker Commission’s mandate. The bet is risky, given…
By Georgi Gotev On 26 April Vĕra Jourová, the EU Commissioner for justice, said on 26 April that the Juncker Commission will not lift the monitoring on Bulgaria under the so-called Cooperation and Verification Mechanism…
Emil Radev is a member of the European Parliament and eighth in the list of GERB for the forthcoming European elections. In an interview with this website, he answers questions about his achievements as an…
By Krassen Nikolov The Bulgarian Chief Prosecutor Sotir Tsatsarov held a working meeting with the First Vice President of the European Commission, Frans Timmermans in Brussels on 15 April. The aim was to inform Timmermans…
By Krassen Nikolov “I am shocked when I am called ‘minister of justice’. But I will have to get used to it.” That is how the new minister Danail Kirilov candidly commented his new key…
Commentary by Krassen Nikolov On Thursday, the chairman of the anti-corruption agency (Commission for Combating Corruption and the Withdrawal of Illegally Acquired Property – KPKONPI) Plamen Georgiev announced his unprecedented decision to take an unlimited…
An exclusive interview by Krassen Nikolov Svetoslav Malinov is a member of the Democrats for Strong Bulgaria and part of the EPP Group in the European Parliament. He is one of the likely leaders of…
By Krassen Nikolov For 12 years, Romania and Bulgaria have been under the European Commission’s monitoring because of the high-level corruption and the attacks against the independence of the judiciary. The similarities between the two…
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