International Adoption Consents.
For year 2009 there were 200 adoption consents for 220 children.
For 2008 there were 169 adoption consents for 184 children.
For 2007 there were 81 adoption consents for 85 children mostly adopters from Italy, France, Germany, Spain, USA, Switzerland, and Canada.
For 2006 there were 98 adoption consents for 103 children mostly adopters from Italy, USA, Germany, Spain, France, and Canada.
For 2005 there were 101 adoption consents for 108 children mostly adopters from Italy, Germany, USA, Spain, France, Denmark, and Cyprus.
For 2004 there were 217 adoption consents for 236 children mostly adopters from Italy, USA, Spain, France, Germany, Canada, Sweden, Cyprus, and Denmark.
For 2003 there were 595 adoption consents mostly adopters from Italy, Spain, France, USA, Germany, Greece, and Canada.
There is a sample of Medical certificate and samples of Declarations documents in English and French languages, a List of 38 accredited organizations for mediation in intercountry adoptions functioning in Bulgaria in 2010 as on 5 of August 2010, please see the list in advices.
See the latest news on the international adoptions in Bulgaria as on 25 of August 2010. ...
http://www.justice.government.bg/new/Pages/Adoptions/Default.aspx?evntid=DO6xN9awv78%3d Information on the decisions taken at a meeting of Council on International Adoptions from 2 of July 2010, in conjunction with Article 10, Paragraph 4 and Article 11, Item 5 of the Rules of Council. On 2 of July 2010 was held the 153 meeting of the Council on international adoptions at the Ministry of Justice of Bulgaria. The Council on International Adoptions examined records files of 19 children ...
... A nasty case of how to be adopter parent just for 7 days? An adopter parent first tried the adoption for 7 days then the adopter parent abandoned the adopted child of international adoption in Bulgaria. Unattended 9 year old girl has been brought back from his Greek adopter mother by taxi in SOS children village in Dren, Bulgaria. The child appeared on the doors of SOS village of children in Dren only 7 days after her new adopter parent took her with her. The child Maria Sofia was adopted on August 28, 2009 by Mrs. Panajota Nikolaos Maligudi. The child told the police that his Greek adopter mother Panajota Nikolaos Maligudi put her in a taxi in the town of Blagoevgrad, having recognized that the adopter mother was exhausted and can no longer be adoptive parent. ...
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See the latest news of lawyers in Bulgaria: ... Bulgaria ranks third in the European Union by the slowdown of its economy, according to data published on 13 of August 2010 by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. Bulgaria is registering a drop of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of 1.5 per cent for April-June on a yearly basis. Only Greece and Latvia register larger shrinking – of 3.5 per cent and 3.9 per cent respectively. ...
... Sofia becomes the world’s seventh biggest training center for pilots, flight attendants and aviation technicians. The Bulgarian Institute for Air Transport will be converted into a regional center for aviation personnel for Southeastern Europe. The regional center in Sofia will be a subsidiary of JAA TO and will provide training for pilots, flight attendants and technicians in compliance with the highest aviation standards. ...
... The liife of a child in Bulgaria costed 30,000 BGN according to two courts in Bulgaria. The owner of dogs, who mauled to death a six-year-old girl in a Bulgarian village, has been sentenced to one year on probation, triggering huge indignation across the country. The district court of Razgrad, as a second instance court, mitigated and confirmed on 17 of August 2010 the sentence of the defendant Elena Bankova, who had to spend conditionaly but so far not effective one year in prison. The sentence of this court is final and can not be appealed. The tragedy followed a number of incidents with stray dogs around Bulgaria, including three different incidents in Bansko and Vratsa, in which sheep dogs were to blame for mauling up to five people including three children - injuring them all seriously. ...
... The World Bank and Bulgaria have great potential in establishing a new model of cooperation in the absorption of EU funds, the WB President, Robert B. Zoellick, says. Zoellick stated that according to the WB, Europe and Central Asia have been the most affected by the crisis and the recovery is still ongoing, adding the Bank is ready to help Bulgaria in overcoming the problem with the reduced flow of foreign investments. ...
... The President of World Bank, Robert Zoellick, signed a memorandum with the Bulgarian PM for cooperation in the development of Bulgaria’s infrastructure on 10 of August 2010. “As a new EU member-state, Bulgaria has the unique opportunity to use the maximum of the available EU funding and speed up to get closer to the EU life standard. Investments in the infrastructure, including in the transport infrastructure, are extremely important for increasing the country’s competitiveness,” Zoellick said. ...
... A Bulgarian lawyer working in Italy will be tried for taking part in an illegal immigration scam, according to an article in the Italian newspaper Provincia di Sondrio. Krasimira Dimitrova Pozharlieva, a lawyer born in Bulgaria in 1978, and a resident of Sondrio, will be kept under house arrest, the newspaper reports. The Bulgarian lawyer dealt with presenting papers to the police to obtain for them permits to stay in Italy. The price had been EUR 6,000 per person, which the three split in equal shares, after deducting the amount owed to the elderly, who had signed the contract. ...
.. The Bulgaria’s Parliament has adopted legislation amendments removing revoking limitations imposed on lawyers from other EU states wishing to work in Bulgaria. The amendments to the Bar Act approved Wednesday have been initiated by the Cabinet after in the fall of 2009, the European Commission started an infringement procedure against Bulgaria for denying equal status to EU lawyers. The newly adopted law stipulates that, when practicing in Bulgaria, a lawyer with a practice and degree from another EU member state will have the rights and responsibilities of a Bulgarian lawyer. The amended Bar Act states contains a number of changes in order to guarantee this new status for the foreign lawyers. First, it grants the right to become a lawyer in Bulgaria to every EU citizen who received a law degree in Bulgaria. Second, it allows all lawyers from EU member states who are included in the Unified Register of Foreign Lawyers to practice law in Bulgaria together with other local lawyers according to the specific provisions of the Act. Furthermore, two or more foreign lawyers are granted the right to practice law in Bulgaria in their capacity of a branch of their group based in another EU member states. ...
... At last the Court of the city of Sofia began hearing the criminal court case against Maria Murgina, the ex boss of the National inland revenue agency of Bulgaria, and probably the best dressed and the most elegant woman in Bulgaria, on 8 of June 2010. The defense lawyers of Maria Murgina, the ex boss of the National inland revenue agency of Bulgaria are Plamen Yalnazov, Petar Kitanov and Valerie Borissov, those are some of the famous criminal lawyers in Bulgaria. Karamphila Todororva, a judge at the Court of the city of Sofia had already cancelled the case and ordered to be reinvestigated and be made in a proper way under the law on 19 of April 2010 due to rough big mistakes of the public prosecutor in the office of the Court of the city of Sofia, and other investigating officer in this case. See a photo of the defense criminal lawyers Plamen Yalnazov and Petar Kitanov, Maria Murgina herself and probably her husband in a white jacket in the court house of Sofia at the web site http://www.dnes.bg/obshtestvo/2010/06/08/trygna-deloto-murgina-sydiat-ia-po-4-obvineniia.92376
... How many are the judges, prosecutors and lawyers in Bulgaria? What is the salary of a judge in Bulgaria? What is the rate of lawyer’s fee in Bulgaria? Nikolay Kokinov, the Chairman of the Prosecutors’ office of the city of Sofia, probably the most important prosecutors’ office in Bulgaria, reported at the Panorama news of the Channel 1 of the popular state owned TV station in 2010 that there were total number of 1,299 public prosecutors in Bulgaria. The news paper Trud reported on 2 of June 2010 that there were 4,688 magistrates and 8,845 other officials in the judicial system of Bulgaria. Ivan Kolev, a member and the chairman of the budget commission of the Supreme judicial council of Bulgaria reported these figures on 4 of December 2009 also. He said also then that there were 508 free job places for judges and public prosecutors and 452 other officials in Bulgaria on 31 of October 2009. One says that the magistrates in Bulgaria include judges and public prosecutors so the judges have to be 3,389. The news paper Sega reported on 4 of December 2009 that the minimum monthly salary in 2009 of a magistrate in the regional court in Bulgaria was 1,430 BGN, in the district court was 1,830 BGN and in the supreme courts was 2,650 BGN. The magistrates in Bulgaria had additionally 2 per cent per each year period of time work and the limit was up to 40 per cent of the salary. There were 4,704 lawyers registered as members of the Sofia bar association of lawyers and the total number of lawyers in Bulgaria was 11,357 in 2009 as it was announced in the State gazette of Bulgaria issue Nr. 7 on 26 of January 2010. The minimum lawyer’s fee for agreed on hour base lawyer’s services is 30 euros per hour as it is in the ordinance of the minimum lawyers fee in Bulgaria. ...
... Alexander Nalbantov, the Chairman of the Regional prosecutors’ office in Sofia, the biggest in Bulgaria, delivered the annual report of 2009 of the activity of this prosecutors’ office. The Chairman of the Regional prosecutors’ office in Sofia reported that in 2009 each one public prosecutor in the Regional prosecutors’ office in Sofia worked on 528 in advance to the court criminal cases files and 440 criminal cases files in the court. ...
... Prof. Lazar Gruev, the Chairman of the Supreme high court of cassasion of Bulgaria, delivered the annual report of 2009 of the activity of the courts of Bulgaria. There were total 600,000 court cases in Bulgaria in 2009. About 500,000 court cases were finished by the respective decisions and acts of the courts. The total number of court cases in 2009 rise by 12 per cent compare to year 200 as the biggest rise in the first instance regional courts. 20,600 new court cases were filed in the Supreme high court of cassasion of Bulgaria in 2009. 110,000 new court cases were filed in the district second instance courts, including the Court of the city of Sofia, in Bulgaria in 2009 as only 3.5 per cent of them were criminal general kind cases. Two thirds of all court cases in 2009 were filed in the regional courts in Bulgaria. The Chairman of the Supreme high court of cassasion said one judge worked on 21 court cases per one month in the Supreme high court of cassasion, 38 as one judge managed to decide only 25 of these court cases in the Court of the city of Sofia second instance court and first instance for big and special cases, and 92 court cases in the first instance Regional court of Sofia, as it is the biggest court in Bulgaria. One judge managed to decide only 72 court cases of al 92 per one month in the first instance Regional court of Sofia. The Chairman of the Supreme high court of cassasion of Bulgaria welcomed the new 10 interpretative judicial court decisions of the Supreme high court of cassasion in 2009 similar to precedents in law in Bulgaria as they used to be only 2 interpretative decisions of the Supreme high court of cassasion per year for the last years. The lawyers in Bulgaria can praise and congratulate Prof. Lazar Gruev, the newly elected Chairman of the Supreme high court of cassasion of Bulgaria, of the successful and intensive work of all judges in Bulgaia in 2009. One says he made a lot of efforts to change and improve as much as possible the conservative judicial system of courts in Bulgaria. Prof. Lazar Gruev, the newly elected Chairman of the Supreme high court of cassasion of Bulgaria, makes rare but very pricese and profound comments at the news media. Prof. Lazar Gruev shows remarkable abilities to make good organization and to deal with his peers – judges and other lawyers in Bulgaria. ...
... Daniela Dokovska, estimated from her peers as the best lawyer in penal criminal cases in Bulgaria, appeared at the National investigation office in Sofia on 23 of February 2010 with her client Emilia Masslarova, ex minister of social affairs till July 2009 in order to defend and represent her. Others estimated from their peers as best lawyers in commercial law in Bulgaria are the lawyers Valentin Braikov and Borisslav Boyanov. Emilia Masslarova was formally accused for embezzlement of power and illegally spent and steal 11 million BGN in her capacity of ex minister of social affairs. Daniela Dokovska on behalf of her famous client immediately appealed the imposed detention order of 50,000 BGN. Please see the photo of Daniela Dokovska, estimated from her peers as the best lawyer in penal criminal cases in Bulgaria in a brown coat on the left and Emilia Masslarova, an elegant dressed in a black coat ex minister of social affairs till July 2009 on the right. ...
... The Judge Alexandra Jordanova from Sofia City Court ordered to suspend on November 24, 2009 the criminal case against Christo Kovachki for the accusation of stolen from the state 16.6 million BGN of VAT due to errors in the indictment act of the prosecutors office and the judge sent back the criminal case to the investigating authorities of Bulgaria. On the other side the brilliant lawyer Ilian Vassilev and the lawyer Ina Lulcheva from Sofia, Bulgaria, pointing as among the best lawyers in criminal cases in Bulgaria, managed to use any mistakes and discrepancies in the court case. See a photo of the top lawyer ILIAN VASSILEV, the top lawyer Ina Lulcheva and Christo Kovachki, the energy magnate, in the court of Bulgaria. ...
... A beautiful adopted child in Bulgaria fell in love and committed suicide. The father mayor and his wealthy wife owner of a pub and a shop have chosen to see her beautiful only daughter in a coffin instead to have grand daughters' gypsies. Albena Dimtchova from Kniazheva Machala, 16 years old, and her boy-friend Zvetan Mirtchev from Dimkovo, 15 years old, hugged lied down on the railway of the train at Brusarci railway station near Vidin, Bulgaria at 5 am on 15 of November 2009. Albena died immediately and Zvetan lied in the local hospital of Lom unconscious, with broken arm and head punches. The news paper www.24chasa.bg reported that Albena was adopted child in Bulgaria. Probably the lawyers in Bulgaria worked on the adoption of the child in Bulgaria. See photos of beautiful blond hair Albena, 16 years old, and her grave from the news papers Trud and 24 hours. ...
... Irina Bokova, the ambassador of Bulgarian to France and ex foreign minister of Bulgaria, a member of the Socialist party of Bulgaria, was elected for Director General of UNESCO, the agency of UN for culture, science and education. Irina Bokova becomes the first women to head the organization. The Director General of UNESCO is elected for four years and has a chance to be reelected for a second term. USA and Europe gave support to the candidate Irina Bokova from Bulgaria. ...
... First-class investor certificates, the highest investor rank in Bulgaria, will be awarded to companies with a minimum investment volume of BGN 32 million, not BGN 70 million, the government decided on 4 March 2009. ...
... The amount of investment that foreign investors, who want to apply for permanent residence in Bulgaria should make, has been increased from USD 500,000 to 750,000 euros. The government of Bulgaria took a decision to this effect after approving amendments to the Law on foreigners. The changes make the permits for foreigners' stay in Bulgaria the same as that used Europe-wide. ...
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Contacts Lawyer Alexander Spassov Spassov, registered under Nr. 111 at lawyers list of Sofia Lawyers Bar Association, Bulgaria, issue Nr.7 dated 26 of January 2010, State Gazette, Bulgaria, graduated at Sofia University, Bulgaria in 1983, a special study course at Queen Mary College, London, UK in 1987.
Office: 62B Vitosha Blvd., Sofia 1463, Bulgaria, Europe, e-mail addresses: a.spassov@abv.bg or spassov.al@gmail.com, skype: a.spassov, fax ++359(0)2 9802566, mobile telephone for urgent cases ++359(0)886 355875.
The Law on lawyers in Bulgaria says that the lawyers in Bulgaria can not offer and work for lower fees then the determined by the legal rules on the minimum amount of lawyers’ fees in Bulgaria. So for example some of the new higher minimum fees of lawyers in Bulgaria are as follows. The minimum fee for lawyer’s advice by word of mouth is 20 BGN or 11 euros, for agreed contracted hourly base work lawyers’ advice in Bulgaria is 60 BGN or 30 euros per hour, to draw a written contract of the interest amount from 1,000 BGN or 512 euros till 10,000 BGN or 5,113 euros the minimum lawyers’ fee is 150 BGN plus 1 percent of the amount of interest over 1,000 BGN or 512 euros, to represent and defend a client in civil and administrative cases with a determined interest for one instance in the cases of the interest amount from 5,000 BGN or 2,554 euros till 10,000 BGN or 5,113 euros the minimum lawyers’ fee is 450 BGN or 230 euros plus 4 percent of the amount of interest over 5,000 BGN or 2,554 euros.
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