Supreme Court of Cassation

Bulgaria's Supreme Judicial Council (VSS) has elected Tanya Raykovska interim Chair of the Supreme Court of Cassation (VKS).

Thursday is the last day in office of the incumbent, Lazar Gruev, and a new VKS Chair is to be elected on January 29, 2015.

During its Thursday sitting, VSS launched the procedure for the election of a successor of Gruev.

Bulgaria's Supreme Judicial Council (VSS) has failed to elect a Chair of the Military Appellate Court.

There were two candidates for the post, including Svilen Aleksandrov, Chair of the Sofia Military Court, and Dimitar Fikiin, judge at the Military Appellate Court.

None of the two candidates received the necessary 13 votes to win the post.

BELGRADE - Strengthening the investigative capacities of prosecutors and the police through joint investigations and creation of joint investigative teams in keeping with the European practice constitutes one of the recommendations of the EU and the Council of Europe with a view to increasing the efficiency of the fight against corruption in Serbia.

BELGRADE - The Commission for implementation of the National Judicial Reform Strategy for the period 2013-2018 called on lawyers on Monday to end their strike and return to courtrooms because that is the only way to ensure protection for human rights and civil freedoms.

The Supreme Judicial Council (VSS) opened Thursday a procedure for the election of a Chair of the Supreme Court of Cassation (VKS).

The name of only one candidate is certain so far, namely judge Pavlina Panova, according to reports of mediapool.bg.

Panova is Deputy Chair of VKS and Chair of the Criminal Section of VKS.

The Chair of Bulgaria's Supreme Court of Cassation has called for a discussion on the end date for the co-operation and verification mechanism (CVM) of the European Commission.