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The shrill hysteria among some Bulgarian journalists in condemning newly-launched television series the Fourth Estate (“Четвърта власт”) went, however inadvertently, some way to illustrating the problems in the country’s media. […]
Quite early into his term as prime minister, Boiko Borissov had banned his ministers from making promises, telling them instead to only recount what t ...
The electoral campaign for the November 3 local government elections has kicked off in Kosovo. Several of the political players have started their cam ...
Romanian president Traian Basescu warned on October 3 2013 that he is considering putting an end to the political cohabitation pact he signed with PM ...
A new report says Internet freedom has deteriorated worldwide in the past year, while activists are finding new ways to counter repressive measures. Freedom House says new laws controlling web […]
Dutch singer, musician and songwriter Anneke van Giersbergen is going on a European Tour to promote her new album Drive. The tour will bring her to Sofia on November 28; […]
Films like Gravity are one in a million. Besides reminding everyone of the incredible visual talents he has that never overwhelm the story he tells, Mexican director Alfonso Cuarón, who […]
James Hunt and Niki Lauda were almost polar opposites. Hunt was young, blond and British, a playboy that had women falling at his feet, which were often bare in public, […]
Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev says that the country is in a combination of several crises – political, parliamentary, demographic and economic – and has criticised Parliament for failing to live […]
Bulgaria is to get 173 000 Swiss francs (about 141 040 euro) from the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies to help the country deal with […]
