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Bulgaria Mulls Ban on Life Sentence without Parole [Jan 20, 2011] Bulgaria's justice ministry has proposed that the heaviest sentence in the country's Penal Code ? life imprisonment without parole - is abolished. A part of the proposed amendments were published online on the site of the department Wednesday. Should the proposal be adopted, it means that the convicts, found guilty of the heaviest crimes, will have the chance to walk out of prison after serving ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Ruling Party Backs Out of Controversial Land Act [Jul 15, 2010] Bulgarias ruling center-right party GERB has frozen a very controversial piece of legislation dealing with the sale of land. According to the proposed amendments to the Agricultural Land Ownership Act , owners of land would be obliged to offer their property for sale first to their tenant farmers , and the latter would have the right to determine the price. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Justice Minister: Penal Code Impedes Solving Crimes (Novinite.com) [Jan 27, 2010] The police needs to be included in the process of the court?s investigation, Bulgaria's Justice Minister, Margarita Popova insists. Popova spoke before the Members of the Parliament Wednesday during the first reading of the proposed amendments of Bulgaria?s Penal Code (NPK). [via YahooNews] More >>