Summary of the most important access to information court cases for 2003 in which Access to Information Programme has provided legal assistance, including representation in court.
 
1. Access to community center expenses and verbatim records
Apostol Stoichev v. Director of "Hristo Botev" Chitalishte (community center) in the village of Banevo, Burgas region
Court case № 210/2003 of the Regional Court of Burgas  

2. Access to information about the work and budget of a municipal animal shelter
Lubov Guseva v. Mayor of Vidin
Court case № 34/2003 of the Regional court of Vidin

 

3. Access to a contract between a municipality and a private company
Lubov Guseva v. Mayor of Vidin
Court case № 35/2003 of the Regional court of Vidin

 

4. Access to information about the work of the Regional health center
Vanya Paunova v. Director of the Regional Health Center (RHC) of Veliko Turnovo

Court case № 18/2003 of the Regional court of Veliko Turnovo /RCVT/

 

5. Access to audit reports
Yurii Ivanov v. the State Internal Financial Control Agency (SIFCA)
Court case № 1902/2003 of Sofia City Court, Administrative panel III-A

6. Access to personal record of a deceased dissident
Todor Yanakiev v. Director of the "Prison Governance" Department of the Ministry of Justice
Court case № 3167/2003 of the Sofia City Court (SCC), Administrative panel ІІІ-J

 

7. Access to own personal records
Ivan Yonchev v. Ministry of Interior
Court case № 2070/2003 of the Sofia City Court, Administrative panel III-Z

 

8. Access to financial reports and bank deposits of the National Health Insurance Fund
Institute for Market Economics (IME) v. the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF)

 

9. Access to audit reports
Vanya Barbutova v. Director of the National Auditing Office
Court case № 1365/2003 of the Sofia City Court, Administrative panel ІІІ-A.

 

10. Access to minutes from council of ministers sessions
Vassil Chobanov v. Government Information Center
Court case 1822/2003 of Sofia City Court, Administrative Panel ІІІ-Z

 

11. Access to a contract between the Minister of Education and a private company
Ivaylo Ganchev v. Minister of Education and Science
Court case 8518/2002 in front of the Supreme Administrative Court

 

12. Access to a licensing agreementd and contract terms between the Bulgarian Government and Microsoft
AIP and two MPs v. Minister of State Administration
Court case 9502/2003 of the Supreme Administrative Court

 

13. Access to a contract between the Bulgarian Government and a Crown Agents
Kiril Dimitrov Terziisky v. Minister of Finance

 

14. Access to former state security files
Hristo Stanev Hristov v. Minister of Internal Affairs

 

15. Access to a government regulation from 1980 regulating the proceedings for keeping state secrets
Access to Information Programme v. Council of Ministers

 

16. Access to the report on the use of intercepts
Bulgarian Helsinki Committee (BHC) v. Supreme Prosecution of Cassation Office (SPCO)

 

17. Access to information about planned highway construction
Green Balkans association v. Executive director of the Roads Executive Agency
Court case 882/2001 of the Sofia City Court, Administrative panel, III-B

 

18. Access to information about destroying the obsolete missiles of the Bulgarian army
Petar Penchev v. Minister of Desfense
Court case 8969/2003 of the Supreme Administrative Court