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Prosecutor-General: Three charged over assault of Bulgarian Editor-in-Chief

April 24, 2020April 25, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Media

Three people have been charged in connection with the March 17 serious assault of Slavi Angelov, Editor-in-Chief of weekly 168

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Bulgaria 

Arrests over masked attack on Bulgarian Editor-in-Chief

April 23, 2020April 24, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Media

Arrests were made in a special operation in central Sofia on April 23, with one of the cases under investigation

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Europe 

Covid-19: MEPs call for emergency fund to support media

April 22, 2020April 22, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Media, new coronavirus

Additional European Union action is needed to make sure EU help reaches the ravaged media and culture sectors, members of

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Bulgaria 

RSF: Bulgaria again lowest in EU in media freedom ranking

April 21, 2020April 23, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Media

Reporters Without Borders, RSF, has again ranked Bulgaria lowest in the European Union in its 2019 media freedom ranking, released

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Bulgaria 

Public broadcaster Bulgarian National Television steps up airtime for religious programming

April 3, 2020April 3, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Media, new coronavirus

The National Council of Religious Communities in Bulgaria and public broadcaster Bulgarian National Television (BNT) have signed an agreement for

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry: Assault on journalist most likely connected to his work

March 18, 2020March 19, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Media

Police are pursuing several lines of inquiry in connection with the severe assault of Bulgarian investigative journalist Slavi Angelov, but

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Bulgaria 

Masked men assault Bulgarian media Editor-in-Chief in central Sofia

March 17, 2020March 18, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Media

Two masked men assaulted Slavi Angelov, Editor-in-Chief of Bulgaria’s weekly 168 Chassa, outside the entrance of the building of his

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Bulgaria 

Reporters Without Borders: Bulgarian journalists threatened, mocked by top officials

February 14, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Media

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is calling on the Bulgarian authorities to stop trying to intimidate the country’s journalists, who have

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Bulgaria 

Broadcast regulator elects new head of Bulgarian National Radio

January 22, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Media

The Council for Electronic Media elected Andon Baltakov as the new director-general of public broadcaster Bulgarian National Radio in a

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