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
- FEBRUARY 17, 2005BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
a number of eminent personalities, including writer John le Carre, linguist Noam Chomsky...
a number of eminent personalities, including writer John le Carre, linguist Noam Chomsky...
- FEBRUARY 1, 2005BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Passy expressed the hope that...
Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Passy expressed the hope that five Bulgarian nurses, sentenced to death in Libya, would return home in 2005
- JANUARY 24, 2005BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
Bulgarian parliament speaker Ognian Guerdjikov called on...
Bulgarian parliament speaker Ognian Guerdjikov called on European Union legislatures to help save five Bulgarian nurses sentenced to death in Libya in a scandal over AIDS-tainted blood.
- JANUARY 17, 2005BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
five Bulgarian nurses on death row in Libya in a controversial AIDS case demanded...
five Bulgarian nurses on death row in Libya in a controversial AIDS case demanded...
- JANUARY 14, 2005BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
the European Commission renewed a call for Libya...
the European Commission renewed a call for Libya to act to secure the release of five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor sentenced to death in an AIDS-tainted blood scandal
- JANUARY 5, 2005BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
Polish Prime Minister Marek Belka held out hope...
Polish Prime Minister Marek Belka held out hope...
- JANUARY 1, 2005BulgariaDEATH 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 9, 2004BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
the son of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi ruled out the execution...
the son of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi ruled out the execution...
- DECEMBER 6, 2004BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
the Bulgarian government rejected a proposal by Tripoli
the Bulgarian government rejected a proposal by Tripoli
- DECEMBER 5, 2004BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
Libya said that it could review death sentences...
Libya said that it could review death sentences...
- NOVEMBER 27, 2004BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
French President Jacques Chirac spoke out on behalf of...
French President Jacques Chirac spoke out on behalf of...
- OCTOBER 22, 2004BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
European Commission President Romano Prodi said that...
European Commission President Romano Prodi said that...