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Legalworld.bg: Nikolay Kokinov Wants to Resign as a Magistrate
After the resealed recordings of conversation between Nikolay Kokinov (Head of the Sofia City Prosecution Office), Boyko Borisov (former Prime Minister) and Miroslav Naydenov (former Minister of agriculture and food) and the followed scandal, Kokinov resigned as Head of the Prosecution Office.But he also wants to resign as a magistrate and leave the system of judiciary.
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No Conflict Of Interest In Ms. Gugusheva's Case
Ms. Galya Gugusheva, an unsuccessful candidate for Constitutional Court Justice, was in no conflict of interest, found the Commission for prevention and ascertainment of conflict of interest.
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Roma Оrganizations Demand Establishment of New Institution for Minority Integration
13 organizations, working in the field of minority integration, left the meeting of the Bulgarias National Council on Ethnic Integration Issues (NCEII) yesterday with the motives that the Council does not answer the social needs and must be either reorganized or replaced with а brand-new governmental structure.
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BNR.BG: Bilyana-Wegertseder: The Presence of Foreign Observers on This Case is Sufficient to Show that the Judicial System in Our Country is Threatened
The director of BILI with a few comments on the topic for the BNR broadcast Before all: In a conversation with Silvia Velikova, Bilyana says: "Until now, the new Supreme Judicial Council has not made any statements or steps to imply that they can think in another direction (ed. regarding the case of judge Todorova).
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View the Full Video of the Random Case Assignment Report Presentation by BILI
The full video of the press conference held on April 26 is already available on youtube. Take a look:
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Unauthorized Intervention in the Random Case Assignment Software is Possible
On a press conference today BILI announced its report with conclusions from the inspections on the random case assignment in the Supreme Administrative Court, the Supreme Court of Cassation and Sofia City Court.
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Miroslava Todorova's Libel Case Against Former Minister of Interior will be Heard by Sofia Regional Court
Sofia Regional Court will hear Miroslava Todorovas libel case. That is what the Supreme Court of Cassation ruled after all the judges of the Plovdiv Regional Court recused themselves from trying the appeal against the Plovdiv District Court sentence of not guilty against the former Minister of Interior Tsvetan Tsvetanov.
American Bar Association Center for Human Rights Official Statement on Judge Miroslava Todorova's Dismissal
At a press conference organized by the Bulgarian Institute for Legal Initiatives today (May 15, 2013) the American Bar Association (ABA) Human rights center representative William Meyer announced the ABA official opinion on the disciplinary dismissal of judge Miroslava Todorova last July.
