Sofia's ex-chief prosecutor and spokesman Boyko Naydenov was appointed also head of the freshly set-up anti-graft combat unit within the prosecution.

Naydenov replaces Georgi Kyuvliev on the post, who had earlier filed resignation "on health grounds".

The Supreme Judiciary Council approved the proposed reshuffle Wednesday, along with the appointment of two more deputies to the chief prosecutor, Boris Velchev motivated it with the bulged work for the prosecution after the enforcement of the new Penal Procedure Code.

The unit operating within the prosecution office was formed after harsh critiques from the European Commission that the government lacks institutional capacity to fight corruption.

Tightening the fight against graft practices, particularly on high echelons, has been among the key push-up in the latest EC report on Bulgaria's progress.

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