Procedure

If in recent years the state has managed to grab the low-hanging fruit, i.e. to achieve some easy victories in the digitization of the state, it is now called upon to target the fruit at the highest point of the tree.

As part of the effort to tackle chronic drawbacks, the Justice Ministry is expected in the coming days to present a package of measures to speed up the administration of criminal justice.

While regulations regarding adjournments due to illness and lawyers' unfulfilled commitments will be significantly stricter, the package of changes includes steps to deter frivolous litigation.

"The bomb threat email that was sent to dozens of schools early this morning has been analyzed by the Ministry of the Interior, concluding that there is no real threat and the school process should not be suspended." This was stated by the Chief Secretary of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Chief Commissioner Petar Todorov.

"It is important to have high public confidence even at the beginning of its activity," the president said, quoted by NOVA TV.