Bulgaria
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- parliamentary republic
- CONSTITUTION
- July 13, 1991; amended several times, last in 2015
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- civil law; subject to mandatory ICJ jurisdiction
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- unicameral, National Assembly (Narodno Sobranie)
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court of Cassation (composed of a president and about 72 judges organized into criminal, civil, and commercial chambers); Administrative Supreme Court (organized into 2 chambers with various chambers of 5 judges each); Constitutional Court (composed of 12 judges); Courts of Appeal; regional and district courts; administrative courts; military courts
RELIGIONS
Eastern Orthodox 59.4%, Muslims 7.8%, Others (including Catholics, Protestants, Armenian Apostolic Orthodox, and Jews) 1.7%, None 3.7%, Not specified 27.4% (estimate 2011)
From the country
- AUGUST 29, 2002BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
The session cabinet approved Bulgaria's subscription...
The session cabinet approved Bulgaria's subscription to the Protocol 13 of the European Convention on Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, abolishing death penalty under all circumstances, including wartime, state of emergency or state of
- AUGUST 28, 2002BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
A poll conducted by the CVVM polling agency revealed...
A poll conducted by the CVVM polling agency revealed that 68 per cent are in favour of the restoration of the death penalty
- AUGUST 9, 2002BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
The verdict in the trial of 15 people charged with...
The verdict in the trial of 15 people charged with the wilful contamination of 393 Libyan children with AIDS was again postponed to an unspecified date, according to legal sources in Tripoli
- JUNE 2, 2002BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
A Libyan court is to define new charges against six...
A Libyan court is to define new charges against six Bulgarian medical staff and a Palestinian accused of provoking an AIDS epidemic through tainted blood products, the Bulgarian foreign ministry said
- FEBRUARY 25, 2002BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
The International Secretariat of the World Organisation...
The International Secretariat of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) called for public intervention in the trial of five Bulgarian nurses and one doctor, one Palestinian and 9 Libyans, in Libya
- FEBRUARY 17, 2002BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
A Libyan People's Court ordered a new probe in the...
A Libyan People's Court ordered a new probe in the trial of six Bulgarian medics and a Palestinian doctor accused of deliberately infecting hundreds of children with HIV, a Bulgarian official said
- FEBRUARY 12, 2002BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Pasi and Libyan...
Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Pasi and Libyan Foreign Minister Abd al-Rahman Muhammed Shalqam discussed the case of the six Bulgarian medics facing the death penalty in Libya on charges of deliberately infecting 393 Libyan children with the HIV virus
- JANUARY 1, 2002BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
On December 10, 1998, by an overwhelming majority,...
On December 10, 1998, by an overwhelming majority, the Bulgarian Parliament passed a bill abolishing the death penalty for all crimes
- DECEMBER 22, 2001BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
Tripoli People's Court postponed its verdict on six...
Tripoli People's Court postponed its verdict on six Bulgarian medics and a Palestinian doctor charged with deliberately infecting hundreds of Libyan children with the HIV virus to February 17, 2002 to complete the study of the case
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2001BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
A Libyan court postponed until December 22 its ruling...
A Libyan court postponed until December 22 its ruling in a trial of Bulgarian medics and a Palestinian doctor charged with deliberately infecting hundreds of Libyan children with HIV, officials said
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2001BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
Libya hasn't executed a death penalty in the last seven...
Libya hasn't executed a death penalty in the last seven years and this is indicative of a policy that is encouraging for the Bulgarian medics tried in Tripoli, National Assembly Chairman Ognyan Gerdzhikov, said in a meeting with the families of the medics
- AUGUST 2, 2001BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
Bulgaria's justice minister said he feared that six...
Bulgaria's justice minister said he feared that six Bulgarian medics on trial in Libya for allegedly infecting hundreds of children with HIV could be sentenced to death if found guilty