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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Media
Broadcast regulator elects new head of Bulgarian National Radio
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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Bulgaria’s Parliament calls on Cabinet to propose plan for developing media environment
Bulgaria’s National Assembly voted unanimously on December 6 to call on the Cabinet to propose a plan for the development
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Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court rejects data protection law clause on media
Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court has ruled unconstitutional an article of the Personal Data Protection Act that set out 10 criteria for
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Bulgarian media again violate law against posting exit polls while voting is proceeding
The second round of voting in mayoral elections in Bulgaria on November 3 again saw a number of websites breaking
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Central European Media Enterprises, including Bulgaria’s bTV, to be acquired by PPF
Central European Media Enterprises Ltd, which includes Bulgaria’s bTV media group, announced on October 27 that it had entered into
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Bulgaria’s 2019 local elections: Two websites fined for posting exit polls before voting ends
As voting proceeded in Bulgaria’s October 27 local elections, at least three media ignored a call by the Central Election
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Media regulator fires Svetoslav Kostov as head of Bulgarian National Radio
Statutory broadcast regulator the Council for Electronic Media (CEM) voted unanimously on October 17 to dismiss Svetoslav Kostov as director-general
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Bulgaria’s Supreme Administrative Court refers case of Siderov vs BNT back to election commission
The Supreme Administrative Court has referred back to the Central Election Commission the commission’s refusal to oblige public broadcaster Bulgarian
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