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How Bulgarian media turn into megaphones for Kremlin propaganda

May 3, 2023May 3, 2023 Vassilena Dotkova Media, new coronavirus, Russia, Ukraine

America is building the Fourth Reich in Europe; The International Criminal Court in the Hague is a terrorist organisation; Poland

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Perspectives 

Putin, Orbán and Radev – the superheroes of made-up news

April 4, 2023April 4, 2023 Vanessa Nikolova of factcheck.bg Media

Vladimir Putin: Ukraine is preparing secret bombings of Varna, Sofia and Plovdiv to accuse Russia and cause war! Viktor Orbán:

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Bulgaria 

Poll: Bulgarians top in EU in saying they are exposed to disinformation, fake news

July 12, 2022July 12, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Media

Among the 27 European Union countries, Bulgarians have the highest percentage who say that they had often been exposed to

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Bulgaria 

Broadcast regulator fails to elect new head of Bulgarian National Television

June 29, 2022June 29, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Media

Three rounds of voting by statutory broadcast regulator the Council for Electronic Media on June 29 failed to elect a

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Bulgaria 

NSI: Number of newspapers in Bulgaria continued to shrink in 2021

June 27, 2022June 27, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Media

A total of 201 newspapers were published in Bulgaria in 2021, eight fewer than in 2020, according to figures published

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Europe 

EU sanctions state-owned outlets RT/Russia Today and Sputnik’s broadcasting in the EU

March 2, 2022March 2, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Media, Russia, Ukraine

The Council of the EU said on March 2 that it was urgently suspending the broadcasting activities of Sputnik and

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Bulgaria 

Association of European Journalists calls for EU-wide ban on Russia Today

February 26, 2022February 26, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Media, Russia, Ukraine

The Association of European Journalists (AEJ) has called for an EU-wide ban on RT – formerly known as Russia Today

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Bulgaria 

Media regulator names Mitev new head of Bulgarian National Radio

October 27, 2021October 27, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Media

At a meeting on October 27, the Council for Electronic Media (CEM) elected Milen Mitev as the new director-general of

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Bulgaria 

MEPs: ‘Too much impunity for corruption’ in Bulgaria

September 24, 2021September 27, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary, Media

There is too much impunity for corruption in Bulgaria, member of the European Parliament Sophie in t’Veld told a news

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