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Televizia Alfa, the mouthpiece television channel of Bulgarian ultra-nationalist Ataka party leader Volen Siderov, stopped broadcasting on the evening of October 15 with no explanation beyond a slide on the […]
The European Parliament has voted on updated rules on audiovisual media services, which it says will protect children better, and which imposes strict ...
Controversy has erupted over the supposed assault of a Bulgarian television journalist after security camera footage cast severe doubt over an allegat ...
Two people have been arrested after a Bulgarian television journalist was assaulted at a warehouse in Veliko Turnovo while he and a cameraman were fil ...
European Commissioner for the Security Union Julian King called on all European Union member states on Wednesday to take the threat of election meddling in the upcoming European elections seriously. In particular, […]
It sounds like a paradox, but the worst performing country in the European Union when it comes to media freedom is, technically speaking, a good place for investigative journalism, according […]
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) has announced plans to launch news services in Bulgaria and Romania in a bid to strengthen the media landscape in both countries, the company said […]
A total of 245 newspapers were published in Bulgaria in 2017, a decrease of 17 compared with 2016, according to figures released on June 20 by the National Statistical Institute […]
Bulgaria has fallen again in Reporters Without Borders’ annual World Press Freedom Index, to the lowest ranking among European Union countries and lower in the index than all the countries […]
There are persistent concerns about grave damage to media pluralism in Bulgaria caused by factors including corporate and political pressure, growing and non-transparent concentration of ownership and distribution as well […]
