Outrage after controversial Bulgarian ruling party MP ‘threatens’ TV talk show host
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s centre-right GERB party, the majority partner in government, distanced itself on October 6 from its
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Council for Electronic Media elects Kamenarov as new head of public broadcaster Bulgarian National Television
Bulgaria’s Council for Electronic Media voted on August 23 to appoint Konstantin Kamenarov as the new director-general of public broadcaster
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‘Significant risks’ to media pluralism in Bulgaria, European Parliament committee told
There are significant risks to media pluralism in Bulgaria, according to an independent report presented to the European Parliament’s civil
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Every fourth Bulgarian sees fake news in the media every day – poll
Every fourth Bulgarian (25 per cent) sees false news in the media on a daily basis, every sixth (17 per
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Number of newspapers, books published in Bulgaria dropped in 2016 – official statistics
A total of 262 newspapers were published in Bulgaria in 2016, a decrease of 21 compared with 2015, according to
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The Sofia Globe turns five years old
It was some time at about 8am on June 4 2012 that what was then Bulgaria’s newest English-language news and
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Bulgaria again ranks lowest among all EU countries in Reporters Without Borders’ World Press Freedom Index
Bulgaria is ranked lower in the World Press Freedom Index 2017 than any other European Union member, Reporters Without Borders
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Controversy over Bulgarian TV station’s decision not to air talk show host’s episode
A controversy has erupted over the decision by Bulgarian television station bTV not to air an episode of talk show
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International observers criticise Bulgarian media coverage that preceded country’s elections
In a preliminary report the day after Bulgaria’s March 26 parliamentary elections, international observers have criticised Bulgarian media coverage of
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