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
- JANUARY 1, 2011BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty for all crimes was abolished on December 10, 1998.
The death penalty for all crimes was abolished on December 10, 1998.
- JANUARY 1, 2010BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty for all crimes was abolished on December 10, 1998.
The death penalty for all crimes was abolished on December 10, 1998.
JANUARY 28, 2009BulgariaDEATH PENALTYEXECUTION AWAITS BULGARIAN DRIVER IN IRAN
A Bulgarian truck driver who had been missing for four months has be
- JANUARY 1, 2009BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty for all crimes was abolished on December 10, 1998.
The death penalty for all crimes was abolished on December 10, 1998.
- JANUARY 1, 2008BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty for all crimes was abolished on December 10, 1998.
The death penalty for all crimes was abolished on December 10, 1998.
- DECEMBER 18, 2007BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
Bulgaria voted in favour of the Resolution on a Moratorium...
Bulgaria voted in favour of the Resolution on a Moratorium...
JULY 24, 2007LibyaDEATH PENALTYBULGARIAN MEDICS PARDONED UPON RETURN
five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor were pardoned by President Georgi Parvanov upon their arrival in Sofia after spending 8 years in prison in Libya.
JULY 17, 2007LibyaDEATH PENALTYLIBYA LIFTS EXECUTION FOR HIV MEDICS AFTER PAYMENTS TO FAMILIES OF INFECTED CHILDREN
Libya dropped death sentences against five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor accused of infecting hundreds of children with HIV, commuting their punishments to life in prison, the foreign minister said
- JULY 12, 2007BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
EU EXPRESSES REGRET OVER MEDICS DEATH SENTENCE
the European Parliament expressed its disappointment with the Libyan Supreme
JULY 11, 2007BulgariaDEATH PENALTYLIBYA. COURT CONFIRMS DEATH PENALTY FOR FOREIGN MEDICS
a Libyan court confirmed a death sentence against six foreign
- MAY 18, 2007LibyaDEATH PENALTY
AFRICAN PARLIAMENTARIANS BACK LIBYAN DEATH SENTENCE ON BULGARIANS
African parliamentarians backed death sentences imposed in Libya on five Bulgarian nurses and a
- MARCH 9, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Suleiman Shahoumi, secretary of the Foreign Affairs...
Suleiman Shahoumi, secretary of the Foreign Affairs Committee of Libya's General Peoples Congress...