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Bulgaria’s European elections: Commission fines TV stations for breaking law on opinion polls

June 4, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian European elections 2019, Media

Bulgaria’s Central Election Commission said on June 4 that bTV was to be fined for breaking the law by announcing

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Bulgaria’s 2019 European elections: 3.2M leva spent on paid media coverage

June 2, 2019June 4, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian European elections 2019, Media

Parties, coalitions and independent candidates that stood in Bulgaria’s May 26 2019 European Parliament elections spent a total of more

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Bulgaria’s Commission for Protection of Personal Data in key stance on media reporting

April 28, 2019April 28, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Media

Bulgaria’s Commission for Protection of Personal Data has issued its opinion on personal information that the media can lawfully publish,

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11 NGOs report Bulgarian TV interview with far-right leader to Council for Electronic Media

April 25, 2019April 25, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews, Media

Eleven Bulgarian NGOs have approached the country’s statutory broadcast regulator the Council for Electronic Media over a television interview in

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Head of Bulgarian National Television resigns after court upholds drink-driving conviction

April 24, 2019April 25, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Media

At a special sitting on April 24, Bulgaria’s statutory broadcast regulator the Council for Electronic Media (CEM) voted unanimously to

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Association of European Journalists – Bulgaria responds to RSF media freedom index

April 18, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Media

Although for the first time in many years Bulgaria did not fall in the media freedom index of Reporters Without

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Reporters Without Borders: ‘Journalism is now dangerous in Bulgaria’

April 18, 2019April 20, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Media

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has again ranked Bulgaria as lowest among European Union countries in its annual media freedom index,

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Bulgaria’s Advance media closes broadcaster Nova Televizia acquisition

April 10, 2019April 11, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Media

Bulgaria’s Advance Media Group said on April 10 that it has closed the acquisition of 100 per cent in Nova

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Bulgaria’s competition watchdog approves sale of broadcaster Nova Televizia

March 22, 2019March 25, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Media

Bulgaria’s Commission for Protection of Competition (CPC) has approved the proposed sale of Modern Times Group’s (MTG) majority stake in

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