Media regulator re-elects Mitev as head of Bulgarian National Radio
Meeting on October 17, Bulgaria’s statutory broadcast regulator the Council for Electronic Media (CEM) re-elected incumbent Bulgarian National Radio director-general Milen Mitev to a second term of three years.
Mitev, who has held the position since 2021, got the votes of three out of the five members of CEM – commission chairperson Gabriela Naplatanova, and Galina Georgieva and Kudrinka Kudrinova.
Seven candidates had applied for the post.
Mitev graduated in law from Sofia University St Kliment Ohridski and joined BNR as a legal consultant in 2009.
From 2013 to 2019, he was a member of the legal committee of the European Broadcasting Union.
From August 2018 to July 2019, he headed the legal and human resources directorate of BNR. From September 2019 to March 2020 he was employed by Bulgarian news agency BTA, before returning to BNR as the station’s administrative director.
