Balgarianovinite.com A total of 76% of judges own at least one apartment, about 37% of them own at least one house, and 38% of them own agricultural land, according to the findings of a civil monitoring study by the Bulgarian Institute for Legal Initiatives (BILI). The results were presented at a press conference at the BTA National Press Club in Sofia on Tuesday.
The project analyzed the declarations submitted by magistrates to the Inspectorate of the Supreme Judicial Council for the 2016-2025 period. The declarations of 4,162 magistrates were reviewed.
The largest share of magistrates’ apartments is in the capital, while the fewest are in villages and abroad. The average value of an apartment is over EUR 178,000, and its average area is 86 sq. m., said Marina Dimitrova of the Global Metrics sociological agency. The largest share of judges’ houses is located primarily in villages and small towns, while the fewest are in Sofia and abroad. In real estate transactions, 63% of the funds are personal, and 41% are secured through loans, Dimitrova added.
The property valuations were conducted at current market prices based on the type of settlement, said Global Metrics CEO Radostina Angelova. She noted that the data also reflects the mobility of magistrates and changes in their career paths, which is why purchases and sales occur in cities, while in villages and small towns, inherited properties prevail.
An average value for cars of less than BGN 15,000 was reported before 2022, after which magistrates began acquiring more expensive cars, Angelova said. The average price of a car is BGN 113,000.
“We looked at the market average value of properties in euro and of cars in leva, as reported in the magistrates’ declarations”, said BILI Director Bilyana Gyaurova-Wegertseder. She recalled that in 2024, BILI presented data focused on the income and savings of magistrates. “We expect the Inspectorate to act proactively and initiate more audits on its own, rather than waiting for reports, as well as to upload the asset declarations to its website in a machine-readable format”, the Director said. Bulgarian Institute for Legal Initiatives Study: 76% of Judges Own at Least One Apartment, 37% at Least One House 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-05-19 16:56:10 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