The “Golden Key” award went to

Vladislava Tsarigradska for her active use of the Access to Public Information Act (APIA) to seek information on events and activities in the judiciary that threaten the independence and proper functioning of the courts. As a judge sitting at the Pleven Regional Court, she is striving to establish the truth about the electronic vote for the election of judges to the Supreme Judicial Council, which was conducted in June 2022 under questionable circumstances through computers at the Supreme Administrative Court. It is thanks to her actions that the issue of possible manipulation of judicial elections became widely known and created the impetus for legislative amendments to the election mechanism.

The honorary diploma went to:

Dr. Elena Georgieva-Ivanova for her active use of the APIA to seek information concerning violations in the largest university-run obstetrics and gynecology hospital in the country — “Maychin Dom.” The purpose of the submitted information requests is to prove beyond any doubt that the management of the "Maychin Dom" Hospital is running the hospital in a way that does not comply with national regulations, which leads to misuse of public funds and increases staff turnover in the hospital, thus endangering the lives of patients.


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Right-to-Know Day 2024 Campaign and Ceremony is run within the project Access to Information and Transparency Advice Center supported by a grant from America for Bulgaria Fondation. The statements and opinions expressed herein are solely those of the Access to Information Programme and do not necessarily reflect the views of teh America for Bulgaria Foundation or its affiliates.