NSI: 16 newspapers in Bulgaria closed in 2019
A total of 233 newspapers were published in Bulgaria in 2019, a decrease of 16 compared with the previous year,
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Media
Prosecutor-General: Three charged over assault of Bulgarian Editor-in-Chief
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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Arrests over masked attack on Bulgarian Editor-in-Chief
Arrests were made in a special operation in central Sofia on April 23, with one of the cases under investigation
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Covid-19: MEPs call for emergency fund to support media
Additional European Union action is needed to make sure EU help reaches the ravaged media and culture sectors, members of
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RSF: Bulgaria again lowest in EU in media freedom ranking
Reporters Without Borders, RSF, has again ranked Bulgaria lowest in the European Union in its 2019 media freedom ranking, released
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Public broadcaster Bulgarian National Television steps up airtime for religious programming
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’s Interior Ministry: Assault on journalist most likely connected to his work
Police are pursuing several lines of inquiry in connection with the severe assault of Bulgarian investigative journalist Slavi Angelov, but
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Masked men assault Bulgarian media Editor-in-Chief in central Sofia
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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Reporters Without Borders: Bulgarian journalists threatened, mocked by top officials
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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