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Bulgaria Ex VP Enters Court Battle to Prove Legitimacy [Feb 01, 2012] The legitimacy of Bulgaria's former vice president can be proven with a written document only, the country's top court has demanded, fueling the raging controversy. A three-member panel of the Supreme Administrative Court ruled on Wednesday that the presidency should provide a written document, stating whether former Vice President Angel Marin has been authorized for his second mandate or not ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Supreme Court: Hands Off Sofia Soviet Army Monument [Oct 04, 2011] Sofia's controversial Soviet Army Monument cannot be dismantled, Bulgaria's Supreme Administrative Court has ruled. The Court's ruling came Tuesday night as it considered the plea by popular Bulgarian journalist Ivo Indzhev against Sofia Mayor Yordanka Fandakova. Indzhev has spearheaded a campaign to remove the largest monument in the very downtown of the Bulgarian capital, whose critics view it ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Top Court: No Halt to Operations for Lukoil [Aug 10, 2011] Bulgaria's top court upheld Wednesday a previous ruling providing that the Lukoil Neftochim should stay in operation until the legality of its revoked tax warehouse operator license is finally decided. The Supreme Administrative Court (VAS) thereby allowed the refinery to process fuel until the end of 2011 at the least, given that the first sitting of the Administrative Court Sofia City (ACSC ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Supreme Court Upholds Gay Rights, Rules against Homophobia [Jul 04, 2011] Bulgaria's Supreme Administrative Court has rejected an appeal by the head of the Municipal Council in the city of Pazardzhik over a gay rights case, confirming it was a case of discrimination based on sexual orientation. The gay rights scandal in the southern city of Pazardzhik erupted in the spring and summer of 2010 when Stefan Yanev, a local prosecutor, defended a municipal ordinance of the ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Supreme Judicial Council Dismisses 'Needy' Judge [Mar 08, 2011] Bulgaria's Supreme Judicial Council (VSS) has dismissed disciplinary judge Denitsa Urumova, who legally obtained construction rights in the Black Sea town of Primorsko. Urumova is daughter of former Bulgarian Supreme Administrative Court Judge Nikolay Urumov. In the spring of 2010 it was revealed that three senior judges from the Supreme Administrative Court helped close relatives to obtain ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's New Ombudsman Swears In [Oct 20, 2010] Konstantin Penchev , former chair of the Supreme Administrative Court ( VAS ), will swear in as Bulgaria's new Ombudsman at the beginning of the parliamentary session on Wednesday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Ethnic Turkish Leader Exonerated from Conflict of Interests [Oct 18, 2010] Bulgaria's Supreme Administrative Court exonerated Monday Ahmed Dogan, leader of the opposition ethnic Turkish party, from conflict of interests. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Ethnic Turkish Leader Exonerated from Conflict of Interests [Oct 18, 2010] Bulgaria's Supreme Administrative Court ruled that there is no evidence the leader of the ethnic Turkish party, Ahmed Dogan, committed conflict of interests when taking huge fees as an expert while his party was in power. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Ethnic Turks Leader Goes on Trial for Conflict of Interest [Sep 23, 2010] Bulgaria's Supreme Administrative Court will convene on Thursday, September 23, over the much anticipated trial for conflict of interest against Ahmed Dogan, leader of the opposition ethnic Turkish party, who received huge consulting fees on hydro energy projects while his party was in power. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Anticipates Trial against Ethnic Turkish Leader [Aug 30, 2010] Bulgaria?s Supreme Administrative Court launches on Thursday, September 2, the much anticipated trial against the ethnic Turkish leader, Ahmed Dogan. The trial was filed due to a report of the Parliamentary Anti-corruption Committee. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Ethnic Turks Leader Faces Court over Embezzlement Allegations [Jul 30, 2010] Bulgaria's Supreme Administrative Court will be approached over conflict of interests allegations against ethnic Turkish leader Ahmed Dogan , a parliamentary body decided on Friday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Supreme Court Rules against CEZ Power Utility Late Fees [May 18, 2010] A five-member team of Bulgaria's Supreme Administrative Court (VAS) ruled Tuesday that the fines collected by the power utility CEZ over delayed customers' payments are illegal. [via YahooNews] More >>

Future Bulgaria Magistrates to be Inspected by Security Agency [May 17, 2010] Bulgaria's judicial staff must be carefully investigated before appointed to office, said the head of the Bulgarian Supreme Administrative Court, Konstantin Penchev. [via YahooNews] More >>

Future Bulgaria Magistrates to be Inspected by Security Agency [May 17, 2010] Head of Bulgaria's Supreme Administrative Court (VAS), Kosntantin Pnechev, has proposed that a Judicial State Security Agency be set up to probe into the morale of future magistrates. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Supreme Court Gives Green Light to Vitosha Ski Tracks [Apr 30, 2010] Bulgarias Supreme Administrative Court (VAS) ruled Friday to revoke the decision of Environment Minister, Nona Karadzhova, related to the project to build a new ski zone in the Vitosha Mountain near Sofia. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Supreme Court Revokes Travel Ban over Unpaid Tax [Apr 26, 2010] The ban to leave the country over unpaid taxes is against the EU directives and the right of its citizens of free movement, Bulgarias Supreme Administrative Court (VAS) ruled. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Supreme Court Revokes Travel Ban over Unpaid Tax [Apr 26, 2010] Bulgarias Supreme Administrative Court lifted the ban for people who owe over BGN 5 000 in taxes to travel to other EU countries. File Photo [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Journalist Sues Cabinet over Information Blackout [Apr 21, 2010] Bulgaria's Supreme Administrative Court is to try a case filed by a Sofia journalist against the Council of Ministers for refusing to provide requested information. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Court Upholds 'SMS Text Fine' of Mobile Operator Globul [Apr 15, 2010] Bulgarias Supreme Administrative Court has confirmed a BGN 150 000 fine of the countrys second largest mobile operator Globul. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Confirms Fines on Dairy Groups for Cheese Cartel (Novinite.com) [Jan 05, 2010] The sanctions imposed by Bulgaria?s Commission on Protection of Competition (CPC) on two dairy associations have been confirmed by the Supreme Administrative Court (SAC) on Tuesday. [via YahooNews] More >>