4.  The applicant was born in 1945 and lives in the town of Pervomaysk, the Mykolaiv region. 5.  On 22 December 1997 the Pervomaysk Town Court found the applicant guilty of libel and sentenced her to a public reprimand. By the same decision, the court rejected the applicant’s criminal law complaint against Mr and Mrs S as unsubstantiated. On 29 January 1998 the Mykolaiv Regional Court upheld that decision. 6.  By two decisions of 16 February and 21 November 2000, the Pervomaysk Town Court ordered the Pervomaysk Town Department of Education (the “Department”) to pay the applicant UAH 2,641.19[1] in salary arrears and other payments. 7.  On 31 March 2000 and 5 February 2001, respectively, the Pervomaysk Town Bailiffs’ Service instituted enforcement proceedings in respect of these judgments. 8.  By a number of letters between 2000 and 2003, the Bailiffs’ Service and the Ministry of Education informed the applicant that the judgments in her favour could not be enforced due to the lack of State budgetary allocations in respect of the Department’s expenditures. 9.  According to the Government, the Department transferred the amounts due under the judgments to the deposit account of the Bailiffs’ Service in two instalments of 27 June and 4 July 2003. 10.  The applicant acknowledged that on 9 and 10 July 2003 she had been invited to obtain the money due to her at the premises of the Bailiffs’ Service. She has, however, failed to do so, no reasons having been given.