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Bulgarian Turkish daily newspaper Zaman-Bulgaria closes

August 23, 2016August 24, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Media, Turkey

Zaman Bulgaria, a dual Turkish and Bulgarian-language daily dating back more than 24 years, has announced that it is closing

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Bulgarian daily Novinar ceases print edition

July 1, 2016July 1, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Media

Bulgarian-language daily Novinar, founded in 1992 and formerly one of the largest-circulation newspapers in the country, published its final edition on

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Bulgarian newspapers’ circulation, numbers continue to decline – NSI

June 20, 2016June 22, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Media

Circulation of newspapers in Bulgaria decreased by more than 15 per cent in 2015, while the number of newspapers published

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Bulgarian broadcast regulator names new public radio head

May 17, 2016May 18, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Media

Bulgaria’s broadcast regulator, the Council for Electronic Media, on May 17 named Alexander Velev as the new director-general of public

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Bulgarian court declares TV7 broadcaster insolvent

May 13, 2016May 13, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Media

Sofia City Court has ruled to declare private television channel TV7 insolvent, effective as of December 31 2015, after concluding

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Bulgaria worst among EU countries in 2016 Press Freedom Index

April 20, 2016April 22, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Media

Bulgaria ranked 113th out of 180 countries in international organisation Reporters Without Border’s 2016 Index of Press Freedom, the lowest

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Bulgarian broadcast regulator elects acting head

April 5, 2016April 5, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Media

Bulgaria’s Council for Electronic Media (CEM), the statutory regulator of the country’s broadcast media, elected council member Maria Stoyanova as

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Head of Bulgarian broadcast media regulator resigns over TV station licensing decision

February 25, 2016February 26, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Media

The head of the Council for Electronic Media (CEM), the Bulgarian statutory body charged with the regulation of broadcast media,

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Only 12% of Bulgarians see media as independent, trust in media falling – poll

February 11, 2016February 15, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Media

Only 12 per cent of Bulgarians believe that the media are independent, while trust in the media has further decreased,

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