Bulgaria continues to be in 111th in the 2019 World Press Freedom Index of Reporters without Borders.
The text describing the freedom of the press in Bulgaria reads, among others: Corruption and collusion between media, politicians and oligarchs is widespread in Bulgaria. The government continues to allocate EU funding to media outlets with a complete lack of transparency, with the effect of bribing recipients to go easy on the government in their reporting, or to refrain from covering certain problematic stories altogether. Threats against reporters have also increased in recent months, to the extent that journalism is now dangerous in Bulgaria.
The Vezhen, detained for damaging a fibre optic cable in the Baltic Sea, has been released. The investigation found no evidence of sabotage. This was announced by the Swedish prosecutor's office. A few days ago, the Bulgarian vessel Vezhen, flying..
We will talk about defence funds. We believe that it is too early to talk about increasing the budget when a number of countries have not yet reached 2%, Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov said as he entered an informal meeting of EU leaders in Brussels...
For the third consecutive year, the Consulate General of the Republic of Bulgaria in New York hosted the annual alumni meeting of the American University in Bulgaria, the diplomatic mission announced on Facebook. The event brought together board..
For the third consecutive year, the Consulate General of the Republic of Bulgaria in New York hosted the annual alumni meeting of the American..
Nuclear physicist Vasil Gurev fell into a deep ice crevasse during geophysical scientific research on the Contell Glacier in Antarctica, near the..
In 2024, Bulgarian employers increased the import of labor from non-EU countries, according to data from the National Employment Agency. A total..
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