Betina Zhoteva has been appointed as Chairperson of the Council for Electronic Media (CEC). Four members of CEC voted in favor and one abstained.
The Council for Electronic Media also decided to send a letter to the European Commission in connection with the reduced funding of the public-service media. The media regulator will once again raise the issue of the need for reform in the financing of the public media.
In an interview for the BNR, Bulgaria’s outgoing Deputy Premier Tomislav Donchev promised to explain the government’s motifs to cut the budget of the Bulgarian National Radio by nearly EUR 500,000.
In an interview for the BNR, journalist Svetla Petrova who is a member of the BNR’s Public Council stated that these latest cuts in the national radio’s budget are “a form of reprisal against the BNR because it is acting as an independent media outlet serving the public interest instead of the interests of corporate circles and the people currently in power.”
The European Commission has formally warned Bulgaria, Estonia and Ireland to properly implement EU laws against racism and xenophobia, reports BNR correspondent Angelina Piskova. In its letter of formal notice, the European Commission says the three..
There is a further delay in the delivery of the next two air ambulances to Bulgaria, the Italian manufacturer has said in a letter to the Ministry of Health. In the letter, the contractor, Leonardo S.p.A., set new deadlines for the arrival of the..
Another evacuation flight from Lebanon to Bulgaria would be risky and almost impossible to organise , said Bulgaria's ambassador in Beirut, Iassen Tomov. Alternative options are being considered to bring the Bulgarian citizens home. On Tuesday, 169..
Charges of trading in influence are to be brought against Dzheyhan Ibryamov after decisions were made to strip him of his immunity from prosecution..
If the general elections were to be held at the beginning of October, 6 parties and coalitions would enter the Bulgarian parliament, a Market Links..
What is the noise level of an airplane engine or a hand drill, a normal conversation, the movement of a car at a speed of 60 km/h, in a disco, at a..
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