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See the latest news: ... Bulgaria has lost about EUR 40 million due to the blockade of the border with Greece. From January 21 till January 27, the size of the losses declared by companies on the hot lines totals to over BGN 1.6 million. Unofficial signals have been received on the hot line of the Ministry of Agriculture of Bulgaria that in case Bulgaria withdraws its compnaint towards Greece, the claims of the damaged companies will be directed to Bulgaria's cabinet. The roads in Greece have been blocked in over 25 points as the places of the blockade are periodically changed. The losses of the road carriers amount to EUR 9 million, said Krassimir Lalov, deputy chairman of the National Association of the Bulgarian Road Carriers. The Bulgarian authorities claimed in the news media that the companies in Bulgaria lost 3 million BGN per day due to the blockade of the border with Greece. The lawyers in Bulgaria gave lawyer’s advices to the road carriers who have losses due to the blockade of the border with Greece. ...

... Bulgarian authorities have approached the Court of Justice of the European Communities in Luxembourg in a bid to settle its scores with the Greek protesting farmers who have blocked the border between the two EU countries. “Bulgaria will seek compensations for the losses that the blockade has incurred to its business,” Prime Minister Boyko Borissov told journalists on 22 of January 2010. “I warned the Greek authorities that we, as good neighbors, will wait for them to lift the blockade till Wednesday,” he added. Experts commented that the only way for the Bulgarian companies to get compensations for their losses is to sue individually the Greek state at a Greek court. The Greek farmers blocked roads leading to the Bulgarian border on Monday to press demands for higher prices for agricultural products. Cars and trucks carrying goods to destinations ranging from Poland to Italy are stranded on both sides of the border. The lawyers of the Councils of ministers of Bulgaria get ready with the application the Court of Justice of the European Communities in Luxembourg. ...

... Has Toyota paid by a defect in brakes in 1.1 million Toyota Prius 2009 in order to be the biggest world producer of cars in 2009? Toyota admitted a problem with the ABS brakes of all Prius hybrid Toyota car made after January 2009. The regenerative braking problems that have prompted the Japanese government to order Toyota to investigate its popular hybrid, the Prius, may not be unique to Japan. There were more than 80 complains in Japan from Toyota Prius. There have been also more than 100 complaints from U.S. car buyers about 2010 Prius brakes at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration of the U.S.A. Ririko Takeuchi, the spokes woman of Toyota, declared on February 3, 2010 that the experts of Toyota found and solved the problem with brakes of Toyota Prius. Toyota's U.S. sales plunged 16 per cent in January 2010 as a result, even as sales of other automakers rose. The last-generation version of the Prius was included in that recall, which was expanded to include another 1.1 million last week. The price of the shares of Toyota continued to fell on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, falling 3.5 percent in the morning session on February 3, 2010 to 3,280 yen after plunging 5.7 percent the previous day. Since January 21, the day the gas pedal recall was announced, the stock has tumbled about 22 percent. The ministry of transport of Japan ordered Toyota to investigate the Prius complaints. Ray LaHood, the U.S. Transportation Secretary, says federal officials had to alert Toyota to the seriousness of the safety issues that eventually led to the recalls. He said he will talk to Toyota President Akio Toyoda in the next few days. The lawyers of Toyota will have a lot of work to defend Toyota Corporation for having more problems with Toyota cars. ...

 ... Toyota Bulgaria considered beginning a check of all respective mofels of Toyota cars in Bulgaria for a defect in the gas pedal. Toyota Bulgaria said on February 2, 2010 that the defect was due to parts of the pedal. The defect means that the pedals of some Toyota cars can multifunction in a way to stay half pressed, to be pressed with difficulties or eventually to stay fully pressed. Toyota cars are the best seller cars in the market in Bulgaria. They have been recognized as sure and able to have long mileage without any defects. The Toyota cars those can have defects are as follow:

• Aygo
• iQ
• Yaris
• Auris
• Corolla
• Verso
• Avensis
• RAV4

A young man died on February 26, 2009 after driving a car Opel Astra crashed by itself high speed in a Greek border check booth at Promachon after Kulata, Bulgaria. The man had just hired the car Opel Astra by Rent a car service of Sofia Auto AD in Blagoevgrad. Sofia Auto AD is one of the official importer and dealer of Opel cars in Bulgaria. While driving he asked in advance the police by mobile phone for help as he could not stop the car at speed of 180 km per hour but in vain. The driver complained as making it impossible to stop the car when he stepped on the brakes. The lawyers in Bulgaria can defend the victims of a defect of gas pedal of Toyota cars in Bulgaria. ...

... Does Toyota pay the price of being number one producer of cars in the world by a defect of sticking gas pedals of 7.1 million cars? A defect in a gas pedal that gets stuck has prompted another large auto recall by Toyota in the U.S.A. The gas pedal defect appears to involve premature wear on certain parts. Toyota was the the biggest producer of cars in the world in 2009. Toyota Motor Corporation expects to recall roughly 2.0 million vehicles in Europe to fix defective gas pedals. The move comes after Toyota said January 21, 2010 it will recall 2.3 million vehicles in the U.S. for the same gas pedal-related problem. The combined volume of 4.3 million vehicles in the two regions to be recalled due to the faulty pedal is equal to 55 per cent of the 7.81 million cars and trucks that the Toyota group sold globally in 2009. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration of the U.S.A. reported that Toyota recalled more than 4.8 million motor vehicles last year. Vehicles included in the recall include the Toyota cars:

• Matrix: 2009, 2010 models
• RAV 4: 2009, 2010 models
• Corolla: 2009, 2010 models
• Avalon: 2005 – 2010 models
• Sequoia: 2008 – 2010 models
• Camry: 2007 – 2010 models
• Tundra: 2007 – 2010 models
• Highlander: 2010 model
• Pontiac Vibe: 2009 model.

The competitors GM till the end of February and Ford for a week announced a hostile offer of paying 1,000 USD to every customer of Toyota in the USA to stop the lease contract with Toyota and join them. The representative of GM explained that GM tried to have back again their own customers. Honda, another Japanese car maker, said it would not steal customers from the Japanese Toyota. Anyway some dealers of Honda USA put notes that their pedals did not stick. The lawyers of consumers defend them afainst the problems with gas pedal of Toyota cars. ...

... A court case of 2003 Toyota Avensis car’s problem and defect of the 1.8 liter gasoline engine. The Regional court of the city of Sofia, Bulgaria, that is the lowest level first instance court, will hear on 4 of February 2010 the civil case of allegedly defect of the gasoline engine of Toyota Avensis car 2003. The reason was that TM Auto Ltd. the local dealer of Toyota in Sofia, Bulgaria allegedly rejected to cover and pay the change of the whole gasoline engine 1.8 liter of Toyota Avensis car in the guaranty period of time and mileage. The lawyers in Sofia defend the parties in a court case of 2003 Toyota Avensis car’s problem and defect of the 1.8 liter gasoline engine. ...

... Does Simeon Diankov, the Minister of Finances, helps spending more of money of state budget of protection of personal data? The Council of Ministers of Bulgaria announced in January 2010 that it is possible to sack 220 officials of the State Commission of control of finances. On the other side the Commission on protection of personal data of Bulgaria said in its annual report for 2008 on its site that there were 55 officials, including about 30 lawyers in Bulgaria, and the budget money from the state was 2,062 million BGN plus additional fee and others payment of 974,000 BGN. One wonders what is the opinion of Boyko Borissov, the Prime Minister, Simeon Diankov, the Minister of Finances and the ruling party GERB about new bureaucracy red tape, new spending of money of state budget and more and more wasting time and money of the business in Bulgaria. ...

... Does Boyko Borissov, the Prime Minister, helps the bureaucracy of protection of personal data? The Commission on protection of personal data of Bulgaria http://www.cpdp.bg announced on December 19, 2009 that the period of time to make up to date the registration of administrators of personal data was extended up to February 2010. The commission on the bases of the law insists that every business company and free lance professionals, lawyers, lawyers firms, physicians, dentists, managers of pharmacies, farmers, architects that hire staff, issue invoices and work with clients deals with personal data. So the manager of every business company has to file again an application at the commission. Nevena Shopova, the chair person of the Commission on protection of personal data since 2007, has been a lawyer who has been registered at the Sofia bar association of lawyers in Bulgaria.

... Rights of trade mark of the singer Lili Ivanova in 2010. Lili Ivanova is considered as the most famous female pop singer in 20 century in Bulgaria. She has performed since 1960s as the last concert of Lili Ivanova was in December 2010 in the biggest hall of 4,000 seats in the National palace of culture in Sofia. Lili Ivanova performed also in the great Olympia hall in Paris, France in January 9, 2009. Lili Ivanova got in January 2010 the rights of trade mark of the name Lili Ivanova for ten years up to 2020 in the Patent office of Bulgaria. The lawyer or the representative in intellectual law in Sofia helped Lili Ivanova to register the trade mark Lili Ivanova in the Patent office of Bulgaria. ...

 ... A writer said the authors of the movie 'Avatar' infringed copyrights. Boris Strugatski, one of the Strugatski brothers, the Russian writers of science fiction books in 20 century, said that the heroes and names of the movie 'Avatar' were similar as theirs from the book named 'Noon 22 Century' in 1962. James Cameron, the writer and director of the movie, said that the ideas of the movie 'Avatar' came from the science fiction books he read in his childhood. 'Avatar' got two golden globes awards in January 2010 for best dramatic movie and best director. 'Avatar' gathered income of viewers of 1,373 billion dollars for four weeks as it was released in middle of December 2009. So just for four weeks 'Avatar' has been the second cash income movie, but not by a number of viewers, in the history as first has been the movie 'Titanic' by the same director James Cameron with 1.842 billion dollars. The co-chairman of the movie studio Fox Features said that “Avatar” was the most expensive movie it had ever made. ...

... The changes of law about all payments on the transactions of real estates in Bulgaria via bank transfer. The Parliament of Bulgaria passed at first reading the changes at the Law on notaries in Bulgaria on 20 January 2010. New rules that envisage that all payments on transactions of real estate in Bulgaria must be carried out via bank transfer either at the bank account of a notary or a bank acccounts of the seller and buyer. The parties at the transaction have to sign a declaration saying the price of the real estate transaction and present verified copies of the finished bank transfer of money or at least the numbers of the bank accounts those will be paid. The foreigner buyers of real estate in Bulgaria and the lawyers in Bulgaria wait to see the new legal changes that all payments on transactions of real estates in Bulgaria via bank transfer but not in cash. ...

... The National Revenue Agency of Bulgaria has initiated inspections of Madonna and 13 Bulgarian companies organizing concerts of international music performers in Bulgaria.This was announced by Krasimir Stefanov, Director of the National Revenue Agency of Bulgaria, who said the measures are part of the program of the agency to enforce taxation legislation with regard to the entertainment business. Bulgarian personal income tax law requires that 10 per cent of the fees received by every single foreign performer with a concert in Bulgaria be paid to the state. Thus, the tax collecting campaign may affect US pop star Madonna, who had a concert in Sofia in August 2009 as well as a number of other foreign performers. A singer bought two apartments worth BGN 206,000, but declared no income in the last five years. The Bulgarian attorneys at law and accountants tax experts, including Danny Milev an ex tax-man and musician will advice and represent the popfolk singers and the Bulgarian partners of the agents of Madonna at the National Revenue Agency of Bulgaria. ...

... The Sofia Bar Lawyers’ Association invited the lawyer members of the association on regular annual general meeting at 8 o’clock in the morning on Jan.30, 2010 and Jan.31, 2010 at the University of architecture, civil engineering and geodesy, 1 Christo Smirnenski Blvd., Sofia, Bulgaria. The agenda of the meeting are discussions and decisions on: the annual report of the lawyers’ association ...

 ... There will be no excise duty tax on sell and buy transactions deals with powerful cars, including from EU, in Bulgaria from Jan. 1, 2010. There are enforced new changes of the Law on excise duty and tax houses. So if one buys a car up to 9 seats with engine above 120kW or 163 power horses there will be no additional excise duty tax. So one can save from 10,000 BGN till 30,000 BGN as the amount depends on power engine of the car by a deal after Jan. 1, 2010. The law rule is valid both for brand new cars and second hand used cars. The attorneys at law in Bulgaria shall work for new deals with excise duty tax on sell and buy transactions deals with powerful cars in Bulgaria. ...

... Changes in law of local taxes and fees in 2010. Effective January 1, 2010, the competent authority of the council may fix the rate of taxation of property is between 0.1 and 2.5 per thousand of assessed value of tangible property, the Parliament of Bulgaria solved November 25, 2009, amending conclusively local taxes and fee legislation. ...

... Changes to the VAT Act 2010. The Parliament has finally adopted amendments to the Act on tax on value added November 25, 2009.
Under these amendments, the repayment of VAT is reduced from 45 days to 30 days. The Bulgarian Parliament has decided to levy an amount of VAT on services of lawyers legal representation in court.
The President of Bulgaria had put a veto on such changes on the burden of VAT on legal representation of lawyers in court and filed these amendments to the Court of the Constitution of Bulgaria. Lawyers in Bulgaria enforce the law and they must add the VAT on litigation lawyers in the courts in Bulgaria....

... The changes of the Income Taxes on Natural Persons Act from Jan. 1, 2010. According to the amendments, effective January 1, 2010, the taxable income accruing from economic activity to natural persons registered as tobacco producers and agricultural producers will be arrived at by debiting their income by 60 per cent. So far this income was exempt from tax. The lawyers in Sofia shall work on these changes of the Income Taxes on Natural Persons Act. ...

... The price of Justice in Bulgaria. Six time more money for judiciary in Bulgaria for last ten years. The survey project named The Price of justice in Bulgaria of Open Society Fund reported this data for the period of time from 1998 till 2008. The budget money for the judiciary increased about 21.8 per cent per year for the period of time from 1998 till 2008. EU granted additionally more 218 million euros. The state budget of Bulgaria increased less then two times and the gross domestic product GDP in Bulgaria increased 152 per cent for the same period of time. The budget money for education, health and social activities increased about two times. The budget money for the Ministry of Interior increased about three times. There were more judges and public prosecutors in Bulgaria compared to the average rate per number of population in the EU countries. The job burden of judges and public prosecutors was less in Bulgaria. The monthly salary of the judges and public prosecutors is 2,000 – 3,000 BGN that is much then 1,200 BGN the average for the officials in Bulgaria. A public prosecutor in Bulgaria had 102 new files per year as a public prosecutor in France had 3,000 new files per year. There were 870 new criminal cases per 100,000 people in Bulgaria and 12,000 per 100,000 people in Spain and Cyprus. On the other side Bulgaria was just second after Austria on the number of civil and administrative court cases in the EU countries. ...

... The Judge Alexandra Jordanova from Sofia City Court ordered to suspend on November 24, 2009 the criminal case against Christo Kovachki for the accusation of stolen from the state 16.6 million BGN of VAT due to errors in the indictment act of the prosecutors office and the judge sent back the criminal case to the investigating authorities of Bulgaria. The lawyer ILIAN VASSILEV and the lawyer Ina Lulcheva from Sofia, Bulgaria, who were seemed as among the best lawyers in criminal cases in Bulgaria, defended Christo Kovachki, the energy magnate, in the courts of Bulgaria. The Judge Alexandra Jordanova from Sofia City Court on this second hearing of the case in court showed that the errors of the prosecution in Bulgaria were that the preliminary investigation before the trial phase of criminal proceedings the prosecution alleged that the theft of money was done by forged diaries. Now in the indictment at the court the prosecution of Bulgaria claimed that the money was stolen by fraudulent invoices. This amended charge at the last moment prevented the lawyer Ilian Vassilev and the lawyer Ina Lulcheva from Sofia, Bulgaria, pointing as among of the best lawyers in criminal cases in Bulgaria, to protect the rights of the energy magnate Christo Kovachki in the court of Bulgaria. Margarita Nemska, the public prosecutor in Bulgaria, seemed to be one of those public prosecutors, who had been declared freely to journalists who was a criminal, how some people stole money amounting to millions of euro, how public prosecutors found thefts, but actually it appeared in the court that investigators authorities and prosecutors in Bulgaria did not have appropriate qualifications and training to prepare and submit regular and legal indictments acts in the courts of Bulgaria. Or one thing was when one said rumors and empty accusations, and second more difficult task was the public prosecutor to prove these accusations in court. Third thing, the court of Bulgaria decided a guilty verdict, designated a person as a criminal thief, stipulated the confiscation of property, money in bank accounts, and factories. The voters, who pay taxes, ask why these public prosecutors receive salaries from the taxes of the voters as the court returned to investigate and correct the failed indictments. On the other side the brilliant lawyer Ilian Vassilev and the lawyer Ina Lulcheva from Sofia, Bulgaria, pointing as among the best lawyers in criminal cases in Bulgaria, managed to use any mistakes and discrepancies in the court case. See a photo of the top lawyer ILIAN VASSILEV, the top lawyer Ina Lulcheva and Christo Kovachki, the energy magnate, in the court of Bulgaria. ...

... The results for the 15 of November 2009 mayoral partial by-elections in Sofia showed that Yordanka Fandakova, from the ruling center-right party of GERB, had won with 66 per cent of the vote. The Municipal Electoral Commission, the lawyers in Sofia have worked there, reported this data on 16 of November 2009. Yordanka Fandakova, from the ruling GERB party, has been the first woman elected as the Mayor of Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria from 131 years. Only 259,847 voters of total 1.2 million registered voters in Sofia went to the ballots that were only 23 per cent of all voters in Sofia. Yordanka Fandakova seamed to stick to the policy and charisma of Boiko Borissov, Ex Mayor of Sofia and now Prime Minister of Bulgaria from the ruling party of GERB. ...

... A beautiful adopted child in Bulgaria fell in love and committed suicide. The father mayor and his wealthy wife owner of a pub and a shop have chosen to see her beautiful only daughter in a coffin instead to have grand daughters' gypsies. Albena Dimtchova from Kniazheva Machala, 16 years old, and her boy-friend Zvetan Mirtchev from Dimkovo, 15 years old, hugged lied down on the railway of the train at Brusarci railway station near Vidin, Bulgaria at 5 am on 15 of November 2009. Albena died immediately and Zvetan lied in the local hospital of Lom unconscious, with broken arm and head punches. The news paper www.24chasa.bg reported that Albena was adopted child in Bulgaria. Probably the lawyers in Bulgaria worked on the adoption of the child in Bulgaria. Albena was raised as a child with all love and all cares from her adoptive parents. Zvetan was a merry and nice boy with dark skin. Zvetan was with gypsy Roma origin and he had committed some small crimes to steal copper wires and electricity by illegal equipment. The lawyers in Bulgaria worked on the defense of the criminal Zvetan. It is said that his mother tried suicide years ago. His mother gave birth of her first daughter at the age of only 15 years old. This daughter on her turn had five children now. See photos of beautiful blond hair Albena, 16 years old, and her grave from the news papers Trud and 24 hours. ...

... The Parliament of Bulgaria confirms capital of EUR 1 to set up a limited liability company. The Parliament of Bulgaria approved the change in Bulgaria’s Commercial Law at the second and final reading of the amendments in the Trade Act, lowering the required registration amount from BGN 5,000 to BGN 2. Lawyers in Sofia, Bulgaria, deal with set up a limited liability company in Bulgaria with capital of EUR 1. ...

... The law rules for new Family Code of Bulgaria were enforced on 1 of October 2009. Lawyers in Bulgaria apply and deal with the new Family Code of Bulgaria. The property of a one man company in Bulgaria belongs only to the spouse. The new Family Code of Bulgaria says that spouses will have three alternative modes of property relations on purchased property during time of marriage as follows: first common marriage property, second separate marriage property and a marriage contract to arrange the property relations in a special way. Lawyers in Bulgaria can make marriage contracts. ...

... Irina Bokova, the ambassador of Bulgarian to France and ex foreign minister of Bulgaria, a member of the Socialist party of Bulgaria, was elected for Director General of UNESCO, the agency of UN for culture, science and education. Irina Bokova becomes the first women to head the organization. The Director General of UNESCO is elected for four years and has a chance to be reelected for a second term. USA and Europe gave support to the candidate Irina Bokova from Bulgaria. ...