Tanya Raykovska Elected Interim Chair of Bulgaria's Supreme Court of Cassation Bulgaria's Supreme Judicial Council (VSS) has elected Tanya Raykovska interim Chair of the Supreme Court of Cassation (VKS). Thursday is the last day in office of the incumbent, Lazar Gruev, and a new VKS Chair is to be elected on January 29, 2015. During its Thursday sitting, VSS launched the procedure for the election of a successor of Gruev. Raykovska was backed by 14 VSS members, with 5 votes against and 4 abstentions, according to reports of the Focus news agency. The other candidate for the post of interim VKS Chair, Krasimir Vlahov, was backed by 7 VSS members, with 9 votes against and 7 abstentions.