Bulgaria: Changes to country's cultural heritage code has preservationists worried about integrity of historic buildings
A bill amending Bulgaria’s Cultural Heritage Act has raised concerns among prosecutors and mayors, who fear that a change in the status of protected historical areas, now protected as architectural reservations, could ease restrictions on new construction.
Bulgaria’s Supreme Prosecution of Cassation has said that the amendments, drafted by the Culture Ministry and submitted to Parliament, threatened the integrity of historical sites, which would no longer have the highest degree of protection, afforded by their current status as reservations.