CEDH · CASELAW;COMMUNICATEDCASES;ENG — 30 avril 2025

.s800EAC49 { font-size:12pt } .s379BC09C { margin-top:36pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:right } .sBB9EE52A { font-family:Arial } .s10950C61 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:14.2pt; text-align:justify } .s5E1364CA { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:12pt; text-align:center; page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid; font-size:14pt } .s339D85E6 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:14pt; text-align:center; page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid } .s665E407E { margin-top:66pt; margin-bottom:14pt; text-align:center; page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid } .s29100277 { font-family:Arial; font-weight:bold } .sA36B60A1 { font-family:Arial; font-style:italic } Published on 19 May 2025   THIRD SECTION Application no. 52608/22 Velika Georgieva NIKOLOVA against Bulgaria lodged on 4 November 2022 communicated on 30 April 2025 SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE The application concerns, under Article 10 of the Convention, the conviction and the imposition of a fine on the applicant for having insulted a public official (teacher). In a final judgment of 5 July 2022, the Sofia City Court found the applicant guilty of insulting her son’s kindergarten teacher by telling her „ You are not an educator at all! “ („ Вие не сте никакъв педагог! “). The court waived the   applicant’s criminal liability and imposed an administrative fine of 1,000   Bulgarian levs (BGN), equivalent of 511 euros (EUR). It also ordered her to pay the teacher’s costs for the proceedings, amounting to BGN 1,723 (EUR   881). QUESTIONS TO THE PARTIES Has there been an interference with the applicant’s right to freedom of expression, within the meaning of Article 10 § 1 of the Convention? If so, was that interference “necessary in a democratic society” in terms of Article   10 § 2 (see Janowski v. Poland [GC], no. 25716/94, §§ 30 and 33, ECHR 1999-I)?   The applicant is requested to provide the Court with a copy of the reasons of the Sofia City Court’s judgment of 5 July 2022.   The parties are invited to provide information about the enforcement of the above-mentioned judgment and to submit all relevant documents in this respect.