Graduates – 2025

Doctoral students removed from the register and doctoral students who defended their dissertations at the Institute for the State and the Law in 2025:

Doctoral students removed from the register in 2025

1. Margarita Oysolova – part-time doctoral student, in the doctoral programme "International Law and International Relations", enrolled on 01.02.2021, scientific supervisor Prof. Irena Ilieva, PhD, dissertation topic "The Regulation of Cybersecurity in the European Union – Problems and Perspectives", removed from the register with the right to defend, effective 01.02.2025.

2. Ivo Hinov – part-time doctoral student, in the doctoral programme "Criminal Procedure", enrolled on 01.02.2021, scientific supervisor Assoc. Prof. Ekaterina Salkova, PhD, dissertation topic "Proceedings in Absentia in Criminal Procedure", removed from the register with the right to defend, effective 01.02.2025.

3. Delyana Doseva – full-time doctoral student, in the doctoral programme "Legal Sociology. Legal Informatics", enrolled on 01.01.2020, scientific supervisor Prof. Nadezhda Yonkova, PhD, dissertation topic "Populism as a Factor in the Formation of Criminal Policy", removed from the register with the right to defend, effective 08.03.2025.

4. Dragomir Krastev – doctoral student in an independent form of study, in the doctoral programme "International Law and International Relations", enrolled on 01.03.2022, scientific consultant Assoc. Prof. Angel Anastasov, DSc, dissertation topic "Investigation of Cybercrimes – International Law Aspects", removed from the register without the right to defend, effective 01.03.2025.

5. Gabriela Garova-Mucheva – full-time doctoral student, in the doctoral programme "Private International Law", enrolled on 01.01.2019, scientific supervisor Assoc. Prof. Eva Kaseva, PhD, dissertation topic "Contemporary Private Law Approaches to the Exploration of Outer Space by Means of Artificial Satellites", removed from the register with the right to defend, effective 08.03.2025.

6. Rositsa Yotova – full-time doctoral student, in the doctoral programme "International Law and International Relations", enrolled on 01.01.2022, scientific supervisor Assoc. Prof. Toni Dimov, PhD, dissertation topic "Mutual Recognition of Education, Professional Qualifications and Scientific Degrees in the European Union", removed from the register with the right to defend, effective 24.09.2025.

7. Petya Kolchakova – full-time doctoral student, in the doctoral programme "Administrative Law and Administrative Procedure", enrolled on 01.10.2022, scientific supervisor Prof. Veselina Kanatova-Buchkova, PhD, dissertation topic "Administrative Penalties by Electronic Ticket", removed from the register with the right to defend, effective 01.10.2025.

8. Emil Lukaev – full-time doctoral student, enrolled on 01.10.2021, scientific supervisor Assoc. Prof. Nikolay Kolev, PhD, dissertation topic "Protection of the Pledgor against Unlawful Commencement of Enforcement under the Special Pledges Act", removed from the register with the right to defend, effective 01.10.2025.

Doctoral students who defended before a Scientific Jury of the ISL in 2025

1. Elka Porominska – doctoral student in an independent form of study, in the doctoral programme "Civil and Family Law", enrolled on 01.01.2020, scientific consultant Assoc. Prof. Nikolay Kolev, PhD, dissertation topic "Legal Aid in the Protection of Civil Subjective Rights", who received five positive evaluations at the public defence held on 02.04.2025.

2. Ivo Hinov – part-time doctoral student, in the doctoral programme "Criminal Procedure", enrolled on 01.02.2021, scientific supervisor Assoc. Prof. Ekaterina Salkova, PhD, dissertation topic "Proceedings in Absentia in Criminal Procedure", who received five positive evaluations at the public defence held on 28.05.2025.

3. Rositsa Petkova – full-time doctoral student, in the doctoral programme "International Law and International Relations", enrolled on 01.01.2022, scientific supervisor Assoc. Prof. Toni Dimov, PhD, dissertation topic "Mutual Recognition of Education, Professional Qualifications and Scientific Degrees in the European Union", who received five positive evaluations at the public defence held on 17.11.2025.

4. Margarita Oysolova – part-time doctoral student, in the doctoral programme "International Law and International Relations", enrolled on 01.02.2021, scientific supervisor Prof. Irena Ilieva, PhD, dissertation topic "The Regulation of Cybersecurity in the European Union – Problems and Perspectives", who received five positive evaluations at the public defence held on 19.11.2025.

5. Anatoli Bobokov – part-time doctoral student, in the doctoral programme "International Law and International Relations", enrolled on 01.10.2020, scientific supervisor Prof. Irena Ilieva, PhD, dissertation topic "The International Legal Regime of Palestine", who received five positive evaluations at the public defence held on 20.11.2025.