Balgarianovinite.com For another year, the Blagoevgrad Municipal Drug Council presented awards and international honours to magistrates and police officers from across Bulgaria on Thursday, during its contest dedicated to the Italian magistrate Giovanni Falcone.
The grand national award in the Magistrates category was presented to Stara Zagora Regional District Prosecutor Tanya Dimitrova for her active work on crimes related to the illegal production, acquisition, and possession of firearms, ammunition, explosives, and pyrotechnic devices. Over the years, she has filed more than 30 indictments in these cases, resulting in multiple convictions, the organizers noted during the award ceremony. They added that Dimitrova also serves as a prosecutor handling crimes against minors. During the ceremony, it was highlighted that she demonstrated professional conduct in investigations related to inhumane treatment of the elderly in unlicensed nursing homes in the southeastern village of Yagoda. Dimitrova was nominated for the award by the Ministry of Justice.
The grand international award for Magistrates went to Filippo Spiezia, an Italian magistrate with over 30 years of experience, including 11 years at Eurojust.
In the Police category, the top international award was given to the National Police of Spain for numerous operations preventing drug distribution and trafficking.
The Blagoevgrad Municipal Drug Council also presented six national grand awards to Bulgarian police officers.
The Giovanni Falcone Awards recognize Bulgarian and foreign magistrates and police officers with remarkable contribution to the fight against illicit drug production and trafficking and organized crime. The accolades are named after the famous Italian anti-mafia judge and supported by the Giovanni and Francesca Falcone Foundation and the Italian Embassy in Bulgaria. The Awards were established in 2009, and their motto is a well-known quote from Giovanni Falcone: “If you are scared, you die every day. If you are not scared, you die only once.” National and International Winners of Bulgarian Anti-Drug Awards Announced in Blagoevgrad 2025 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2025-11-27 15:54:00 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law