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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 a ...
There are persistent concerns about grave damage to media pluralism in Bulgaria caused by factors including corporate and political pressure, growing ...
The European Parliament must better protect journalists and whistle-blowers and Slovakia must ensure a thorough, independent and international investi ...
The latest Media Literacy Index (2018) published by the Sofia-based Open Society Institute headed by the Hungarian-American investor and business magnate George Soros, titled Common Sense Wanted, looks at the extent to which hoaxes ma ...
EU member states should “create and maintain, in law and in practice, a safe and secure environment for journalists,” a resolution adopted by members of the European Parliament’s civil liberties […]
Bulgaria’s government decided on February 28 to set up a working group to draft changes to existing legislation on the ownership, financing and distribution of the media in the country. […]
Amnesty International has released its international report for 2017/18, in which it slams Bulgaria over its treatment of migrants and refugees, says that hate speech against minorities continued, and says […]
Modern Times Group (MTG) said on February 19 that it has agreed to sell its majority stake in Bulgarian broadcaster Nova Broadcasting Group to Czech investment conglomerate PPF Group. The […]
Part of the EU funds being paid for projects in Bulgaria are disseminated only to government-friendly media. This has to stop, the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom said. […]
