The Court Rules that the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency Should Disclose Information on Stray Dogs' Brucellosis Cases 06.12.2015
By Decision No. 6689 as of 3 November 2015, the Administrative Court Sofia - City (ACSC) repealed the refusal of the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency (BFSA) to provide information about the identification and eradicating cases of brucellosis in stray dogs in the stray dogs’ shelters. The information was requested by the Regional Environmental Center - Intimate with the Nature Society.
The SAC repealed the refusal of the Ministry of Transport, Info technologies and Communications 05.06.2015
By Decision[1] as of 25 May 2015, the SAC upheld the reapeling of the refusal of the Chief Secretary of the Ministry of Transport, Information Technologies and Communications (MTITC) to provide access to the contract, its annexes and implementation reports signed with the “BDZ – Passenger Services” EOOD (the national railway transport company) for the provision of the public service “rail transport of passenger.” The information was requested by the Association “Friends of Railway Transport”.
The ACSC repealed the refusal of the Supreme Judicial Council to disclose the crisis PR plan of the institution 05.05.2015
The information was requested by Georgi Milkov (director of the NGO Center – Razgrad) and was refused on the grounds of having no significance of its own.
The Administrative Court – Plovdiv repealed a refusal by the District Court – Plovdiv to provide information on bank secrets dislosure requests 05.04.2015
The information was requested by the journalist Doroteia Dachkova from “Sega” newspaper.
A Refusal of the National Construction Control Directorate Repealed 05.04.2015
The Administrative Court – Sofia City repealed a refusal by the National Construction Control Directorate’s Chief Secretary to provide information concerning inspections of the legality of facilities in the Bansko ski zone in the “Pirin” National Park to the WWF – World Wildlife Fund.
The SAC Repealed the Refusal of the Regional Association of Municipalities Central Stara Planina 07.03.2015
The Association refused to provide information about the persons employed in the “Innovative policies to promote entrepreneurship in the craft sector” (Innocrafts).
The Yambol Administrative Court Repealed the Refusal of the Yambol Municipality Secretary 05.03.2015
The requestor demanded access to information related to the institution’s income and expenses relating to all completed litigation between January 2011 and December 2013.
The Access to a Document Request Equals the Access to Information Request - the Court Ruled 05.03.2015
The Supreme Administrative Court (SAC) repealed the first instance decision along with the Targovishte Municipality Deputy Mayor’s refusal to provide to Krassimir Russev (former member of the Targovishte Municipal Council) a copy of the contract for sale of a municipal real estate property to a private company.
The Yambol Administrative Court Repealed the Refusal of the Yambol Municipality Secretary 06.02.2015
The Administrative Court – Yambol repealed a refusal by the Yambol Municipality’ Secretary to provide a copy of an extrajudicial settlement concluded by the municipality and a construction company relating to a certain court case.
The SAC ruled there is an overriding public interest in the information on the reconstruction of a historical building 05.02.2015
The information was requested by a group of citizens of Veliko Tarnovo.
The Bulgarian Medical Association (BMA) is a body obliged under the APIA 06.01.2015
The case was initiated with the legal help of AIP after the Chairperson of the BMA did not respond to the request of MD Georgi Todorov from the city of Ruse
The Court Ruled: Names and Grounds of Employment of Court and Prosecutor Clerks are Public Information 06.01.2015
The Supreme Administrative Court upheld the decision of the Administrative Court Sofia – City repealing the refusal of the Supreme Cassation Prosecutor's refusal to provide to Dorotheya Dachkova (journalist from “Sega” newspaper) a list of all court and prosecutor clerks, containing their names, the judicial body they are employed by, the date and grounds of their employment.