Balgarianovinite.com Citizens gathered in front of the Palace of Justice in Sofia on Thursday evening in protest over the latest court ruling in the murder case of Evgeniya Vladimirova. The case concerns the October 2021 killing of Evgeniya Vladimirova in Sofia’s Lagera borough. The woman’s body was found in a suitcase in a pond.
The demonstration, organized by Vladimirova’s relatives, follows a recent decision by the Sofia Appellate Court, which reduced the sentence of her husband, Orlin Vladimirov, from life imprisonment to 20 years in prison. His father, Plamen Vladimirov, was fully acquitted. There is heightened police presence in the area, traffic is hampered.
The protesters carry placards reading: “Life imprisonment for Evgeniya’s murderers”, “We don’t want murderers among us”, “Not one more”, etc. Some of the protesters carry suitcases.
The decision of the Court of Appeals is a complete disgrace and lack of justice. This is yet another message from the institutions and our judicial system that the lives of women in Bulgaria are worthless, Desislava Dimitrova, one of the organizers of the protest, told the media.
In late February 2025, the Sofia Appellate Court fully upheld the first-instance judgment of the Sofia City Court, which sentenced Orlin Vladimirov and his father, Plamen Vladimirov, to life imprisonment for the 2021 murder of Evgeniya Vladimirova, committed with exceptional cruelty and in a particularly painful manner for the victim. In early December, it became clear that the Supreme Court of Cassation had referred the case back to the Sofia Appellate Court for a new hearing. The decision was issued with a dissenting opinion from one member of the panel. The panel identified procedural violations by the appellate court. Protesters Demand Justice in Murder Case of Evgeniya Vladimirova 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-02-19 21:14:03 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law