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Broadcast regulator condemns behaviour of Siderov on Bulgarian National Television election show

October 2, 2019October 2, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria local elections 2019, Media, Volen Siderov

The Council for Electronic Media (CEM) has expressed concern about the behaviour of Ataka leader and Sofia mayoral candidate Volen

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Broadcast regulator fines Bulgarian National Radio 27 000 leva over suspension of programme

October 2, 2019October 3, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Media

Statutory broadcast regulator the Council for Electronic Media (CEM) has fined public broadcaster Bulgarian National Radio 27 000 leva (about

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Bulgaria 

Outrage over Ataka leader Siderov’s antics on Bulgarian National Television talk show

October 2, 2019October 3, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria local elections 2019, Media, Volen Siderov

There has been widespread outrage after Volen Siderov, leader of the ultra-nationalist Ataka party and a Sofia mayoral candidate, disrupted

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Bulgaria 

International journalists’, broadcasting bodies speak out on Bulgarian National Radio controversy

September 30, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Media

The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) and the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joined their affiliate, the Union of Bulgarian Journalists

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Bulgaria 

Broadcast regulator gives head of Bulgarian National Radio a week to resign

September 27, 2019September 30, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Media

Three months after appointing him, broadcast regulator the Council for Electronic Media (CEM) has given Bulgarian National Radio Svetoslav Kostov

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Bulgaria 

CRC fines Bulgarian National Radio over ‘Horizont’s’ five-hour silence

September 22, 2019September 24, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Media

The Communications Regulation Commission (CRC) has fined public broadcaster Bulgarian National Radio over the five-hour silencing of the Horizont programme

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Bulgaria 

Broadcast regulator refers alleged pressure on Bulgarian National Radio to prosecutors

September 19, 2019September 22, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Media

Broadcast regulator the Council for Electronic Media (CEM) is referring allegations of illicit pressure, including threats and censorship, against Bulgarian

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Bulgaria 

Prosecutor’s Office: ‘Technical reasons’ were not why Bulgarian National Radio’s Horizont went off air

September 17, 2019September 19, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Media

An investigation has established that claims that technical reasons were why Bulgarian National Radio’s Horizont programme went off air for

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Bulgaria 

Borissov claims ‘sabotage against government’ amid Bulgarian National Radio controversy

September 16, 2019September 16, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Media

The controversy over the five-hour stoppage of broadcasting of Bulgarian National Radio’s Horizont programme is continuing, with Prime Minister Boiko

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