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Borissov claims ‘sabotage against government’ amid Bulgarian National Radio controversy

September 16, 2019September 16, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Media

The controversy over the five-hour stoppage of broadcasting of Bulgarian National Radio’s Horizont programme is continuing, with Prime Minister Boiko

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Bulgaria 

Political storm over upheavals at Bulgarian National Radio

September 13, 2019September 16, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Media

A political storm and official investigations have ensued after public broadcaster Bulgarian National Radio (BNR) went off the air for

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President’s office speaks on explicit photos of girlfriend of Sofia mayoral candidate

September 9, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Bulgaria local elections 2019, Media, Roumen Radev

More than four days after outrage erupted over the posting on a Bulgarian “media” website of explicit photos of sex

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Bulgaria’s 2019 local elections: ‘No porno journalism’ campaign after site posts obscene photos

September 7, 2019September 10, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria local elections 2019, Media

The Association of European Journalists Bulgaria, media websites and the Association of Bulgarian Broadcasters have reacted sharply after a website

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian television stations fined for breaking election laws

August 9, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria European elections 2019, Media

Bulgaria’s Central Election Commission (CEC) has confirmed its decisions imposing fines on two of the country’s major television stations, Nova

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Bulgaria 

Broadcast regulator elects Koshlukov as director-general of Bulgarian National Television

July 5, 2019July 5, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Media

Broadcast media regulator the Council for Electronic Media elected on July 5 Emil Koshlukov as the director-general of public broadcaster

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Bulgaria 

Media regulator elects Svetoslav Kostov new head of Bulgarian National Radio

June 28, 2019June 29, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Media

Broadcast regulator the Council for Electronic Media elected Svetoslav Kostov, head of Radio Sofia, as the new director-general of public

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Bulgaria 

Six newspapers in Bulgaria closed in 2018 – statistics institute

June 20, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Media

A total of 239 newspapers were published in Bulgaria in 2018, six fewer than the year before, the National Statistical

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Bulgaria’s child protection agency probes unlawful reporting on ‘radicalised’ teenager

June 11, 2019June 13, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Media, Plovdiv

Bulgaria’s State Agency for Child Protection has an initiated an investigation into disclosures by a website of personal details of

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