MIMO GARCIA’s speech May 10, 2025, Bergamo, Italy For me, this is an emotional time, but also a time for reflection. My four-year term as a lay judge is almost over. During this period, significant progress was made: Bulgarian lay judges now have a website; a foundation was established through which I created a show… Read More »
Between May 9 and 11, 2025, the European Day of Lay Judges and an accompanying conference of the European Network of Associations of Lay Judges (ENALJ) were held in Bergamo, Italy. Representatives from Bulgaria were Mimo Garcia, founder and director of the „Lay judges” Foundation, and Ivanka Georgieva Stoycheva, chair of the foundation’s Public Council. A… Read More »
Mimo Garcia: I’m happy that for another year I will represent Bulgaria at the annual conference of the European Network of Associations of Lay Judges (ENALJ), which will be held this week. This time in the company of Ivanka Georgieva Stoycheva. I look forward to productive discussions, as well as the vote on the new… Read More »
At its meeting today, the Sofia Municipal Council (SMC) voted unanimously to propose to the General Assembly of the Sofia City Court the candidates approved after the interview procedure for lay judges at the Sofia Regional Court (SRS) for the term 2025 – 2029. Mimo-Garcia Gruev – current lay judge at the SRS; founder and director of the „Lay… Read More »
One of the main goals of the „Lay judges“ Foundation is to build a bridge between citizens and the judicial system. A Public Council has been established for this purpose. Galinka Chavdarova served as Chair of the Public Council from its establishment in January 2024 until September of the same year. In this capacity, she… Read More »
I had a very constructive dialogue yesterday during my meeting with the municipal councilors who are members of the Commission for organizing and conducting the procedure for determining candidates for lay judges for the Sofia Regional Court. They are fully aware of the importance of the institute, and I, for my part, promised that in… Read More »
He shares in his Medium: Rositsa Kyoseva, Gabriela Kuncheva and I are moving on to the second stage in the procedure for selecting lay judges in the Sofia Regional Court for the term 2025 — 2029. Unfortunately, my date (March 24, 2025) coincides with my trip to Armenia. I hope I get a spare date. If not,… Read More »
Mimo-Garcia Gruev, founder and director of „Lay judges“ Foundation, who is running for a second term as a lay judge, motivates two people to run for lay judges. The acceptance of candidacies, which began on January 13, 2025, in the Sofia Municipal Council ends today, February 14, 2025. The candidates motivated by Garcia are: Rositsa Kyoseva;… Read More »
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Resume to foreign readers the activities of Mimo-Garcia Gruev as a lay judge during his first mandate 2021 – 2025: he gave an interview to the Bulgarian National Radio; he constituted „Lay judges” Foundation; to represent Bulgaria at the annual meetings of the European Network of Associations of Lay Judges (ENALJ) in Poland and Germany;… Read More »