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Everyone concludes at least one insurance contract in their lifetime – to protect their home, car, or life, or to ensure coverage of health expenses when traveling abroad. Most people are familiar with the main characteristics of the insurance contract – it is concluded in writing, most often in the form of an insurance policy, the general terms and conditions of the insurer apply to it, the policyholder has obligations to declare certain circumstances (the so called circumstances affecting the risk) and to pay a premium. In their turn, the insurer has one main obligation – to pay indemnity upon occurrence.
Almost 2.5 years since GDPR became effective, many things have changed. Most importantly, the privacy-awareness has drastically increased among both companies and citizens. Find out what happened during this period in Bulgaria (key legislative changes and most noteworthy cases) in the latest report by our experts Martin Zahariev and Radoslava Makshutova.
The Book “Enhancing the Right to be Present” elaborated within the PRESENT project addresses the direct need of training and receiving insight on the changes that are going to be incorporated in the legislation of EU Member States in order to transpose Directive (EU) 2016/343. The PRESENT partnership unites 6 partners from 6 countries (Bulgaria, Austria, Romania, Slovakia, Cyprus and Portugal) with diverse focus and a wealth of expertise. The publications featured in the book address various topics concerning the right to be present at trial and the presumption of innocence in different Member States. Prof. George Dimitrov and Radoslava Makshutova were part of the Bulgarian team who contributed to the monograph with the article "The Right to be Present at Trial in Criminal Proceedings under Bulgarian Legislation."