Bulgaria is the proprietor of 66 properties in Rila mountain, that are a part of the case examine with the so-called “royal” restitution. The Sofia District Court docket acknowledged Bulgaria because the proprietor of 66 actual estates after greater than ten years of authorized battle, in keeping with the web site of the Ministry of Agriculture and Meals. The properties symbolize forests and lands from the forest fund in Rila mountain with a complete space of about 16 thousand decares. and are within the final pending case concerning the case with the so-called “royal” restitution.
The proceedings within the case have been initiated by claims of the state by the Minister of Agriculture and Meals towards the heirs of the previous kings Ferdinand I and Boris III. In 2019, a court docket settlement was concluded with a number of the defendants, representatives of the royal household, and the case towards them was terminated. With the rendered resolution, the court docket acknowledges that the state is the proprietor of the trial properties ex lege, by advantage of the present Forest Legal guidelines, and that there was no foundation for the restitution of the trial forest properties. The choice of the Sofia District Court docket could be appealed.
If the court docket’s resolution stays in power, S.B.S. and his sister M.B.H. (i.e. King Simeon II and his sister Princess Maria-Louise) must reimburse the state the compensation awarded to them by the European Court docket of Human Rights (ECHR) for pecuniary damages within the quantity of 1,635,875 euros, because of the moratorium imposed by the Nationwide Meeting in 2009.
Photograph: The Royal Palace “Vrana” (Sofia, Bulgaria) within the first a long time of the twentieth century. Supply: State Company “Archives” – Sofia.
