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Bulgarian election commission fines TV station over nude photo of Volen Siderov

March 15, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2017, Media, Volen Siderov

The Central Election Commission has ordered a fine to be imposed on television station bTV over a satirical show which

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Bulgarian political parties spent more than a million leva on media advertising in first 10 days of election campaign – study

March 7, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2017, Media

Ten days after the start of the official campaign period ahead of Bulgaria’s March 26 2017 parliamentary elections, political parties

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Bulgaria’s 2017 elections: Central Election Commission fines two media

March 4, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2017, Media

Bulgaria’s Central Election Commission (CEC) has ordered two mass-circulation Bulgarian-language media to be fined for what the commission ruled were

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Bulgaria’s 2017 elections: Question mark over Borissov – Ninova TV debate

February 28, 2017March 9, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2017, Media

A day ahead of a proposed live television debate between GERB leader Boiko Borissov and Bulgarian Socialist Party leader Kornelia

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Bulgarian businesses among lowest in using internet advertising – Eurostat

December 14, 2016March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Media

Bulgaria is among six countries in the European Union where businesses least make use of advertising on the internet, EU

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Bulgaria’s Dossier Commission announces more names of former State Security agents in media

October 25, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Dossier Commission, Media

Bulgaria’s Dossier Commission, the body charged by law with disclosing the identities of people in various walks of public life

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s 2016 elections: Central Election Commission will decide on ‘media packages’ for news sites

October 13, 2016October 15, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria elections 2016, Media

Bulgaria’s Central Election Commission will allow the awarding of “media packages” for election advertising on some news websites, depending on

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Bulgarian court overturns election commission decision on ‘media packages’

October 7, 2016October 9, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2016, Media

Bulgaria’s Supreme Administrative Court has overturned a decision by the Central Election Commission (CEC) that limited state subsidies for election

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Bulgaria elections 2016: Controversy over election commission decision on ‘media packages’

October 4, 2016October 6, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2016, Media

Bulgaria’s Central Election Commission (CEC) is expected to face a challenge in the Supreme Administrative Court over its controversial decision

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