Bulgaria’s draft election code: Media face huge fines for damaging ‘good name’ of candidates
Media that publish material that damages the “decency, honour and reputation” of candidates during an election campaign will face fines
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Author: Clive Leviev-Sawyer
How the Bulgarian media covered (or did not) new report on the Bulgarian media
Coverage by the Bulgarian-language media of an annual report on the state of the Bulgarian media said a lot about,
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Bulgaria’s media: Of photographs, politics and proxy wars
In an exclusive on February 3, Economedia’s publications reported that Economedia was suing another Bulgarian media company and a fledgling
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Plevneliev’s referendum proposal: The consequences of saying no
Bulgarian politics is a cacophonous business, but ever since President Rossen Plevneliev said that he would propose a referendum on
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For Bulgaria, ‘months of permanent scandal ahead’
Political commentator Dimitar Ganev, speaking on Bulgarian National Radio on January 28, said that months of permanent scandal lay ahead
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Purvanov project hits BSP, Borissov’s GERB back in the lead – poll
The Bulgarian Socialist Party has been hard-hit by the relaunch of Georgi Purvanov’s ABC movement, with the wedge driven into
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Could Purvanov project split the BSP vote?
Bulgarian media reports that former president Georgi Purvanov was reviving his ABC Movement prompted a flurry of political comment, including
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Siderov scandal presents damaging dilemma for Bulgaria’s ruling axis
For the majority partners in Bulgaria’s ruling axis, the Bulgarian Socialist Party and Movement for Rights and Freedoms, the Varna
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Bulgaria in 2013: An ‘Annus Horribilis’ in pictures
Arguably the first indication that Bulgaria was set for a year both bizarre and beset with turbulence was the strange
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