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.
Nearly 73% of Bulgarians did not visit a library, and 40 percent did not read a single book last year , according to a study by Alpha Research, announced in the Sofia-based Goethe Institute. According to the presented data, about 63% of Bulgarians did..
In the presence of cabinet ministers, politicians, mayors and diplomats, President Rumen Radev opened the summer tourist season in Bulgaria's seaside resort of Nessebar. In his greeting, the Bulgarian head of state thanked the local authorities and..
On Saturday the lowest temperatures will range from 8°C to 13°C, for Sofia 10°C. There will be fog in the valleys in the morning. It will be sunny during the day. Clouds will form over the mountains in the afternoon hours with a chance of..
Caretaker Minister of Education Galin Tsokov has assured that the nearly 20 million euros earmarked in the budget for higher education..
Caretaker minister of tourism, Evtim Miloshev, predicts that the number of tourists in this country will grow by at least 10% during..
There will be no significant rise in the price of electricity for household users, said caretaker Energy Minister Vladimir Malinov. Kozloduy..
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