Legal immunity
Mati damages trial will await lifting of MP’s immunity
An Athens court on Monday postponed the hearing of a compensation appeal lodged by 11 people who sustained serious burns in the deadly 2018 wildfire in Mati, East Attica.
Bulgaria: Kiril Petkov no longer has Parliamentary Immunity
The co-chairman of "We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria" Kiril Petkov is now without parliamentary immunity.
Kiril Petkov gave up his Parliamentary Immunity
The co-chairman of "We Continue the Change" Kiril Petkov renounces his parliamentary immunity. He announced this himself on Facebook, specifying that the replacement of Ivan Geshev with Borislav Sarafov is an imitation of judicial reform.
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The Bulgarian Socialist Party submitted a draft decision to remove the Immunity of Boyko Borissov
The chairman of Bulgarian Socialist Party Kornelia Ninova announced on the sidelines of parliament that the parliamentary group will submit a draft decision on removing the immunity of GERB leader Boyko Borissov.
Bulgaria’s Chief Prosecutor requested the immunity of Two MPs from "Vazrazhdane"
Chief Prosecutor Ivan Geshev submitted to the registry of the 49th National Assembly a request to lift the immunity of two deputies from the pro-Russian "Vazrazhdane" party - Angel Georgiev and Veselin Veshev, announced the prosecutor's office.
The initials in the press release of the two people's representatives are V.V. and A.G., responding specifically to Georgiev and Veshev.
US Supreme Court overturns lower court ruling on Halkbank
The U.S. Supreme Court has given Türkiye's state-owned lender Halkbank another chance to avoid criminal charges in the United States for allegedly helping Iran evade American economic sanctions, but rejected a key defense mounted by the bank.
Infection with SARS-CoV-2 induces long-term immunity, study shows
A long-term perspective on immunity to COVID
Report of the US State Department: Serious Corruption and Human Rights issues in Bulgaria
Significant human rights problems and insufficient tackling of corruption. These are some of the conclusions of the annual report of the United States Department of State on human rights in Bulgaria for last year.
After an Investigation by Nova: Will There be Penalties for Fake Certificates in Bulgaria
An investigation by Bulgarian Media "Nova" has uncovered a large-scale scheme to issue green certificates to unvaccinated people. One of them costs 450 leva. False documents are received in just two days. According to an intermediary, between 15 and 30 false certificates are issued per day by only one doctor.
Albania Reopens Case Against Ex-Minister for Deadly Explosion
The Special Court of Appeals Against Corruption and Organised Crime ruled on Friday that the case against Fatmir Mediu, who was defence minister in 2008 when an ammunition dump explosion killed 26 people, should be reopened.
The blast happened while ammunition from the period of Communist rule in Albania was being dismantled.