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Bulgaria is a free country, according to "Freedom House"

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In the annual report of Freedom House Bulgaria is ranked among the "free countries". Out of the EU Member States, only Hungary has the status of "partially free". The summary about Bulgaria reads that there was a functioning democratic system that continues the fight against corruption and organized crime. Media are rated pluralistic but with a tendency for problematic concentration of ownership. Sometimes in their work journalists faced threats and violence, the summary reads. It is reported that despite the lack of funding and some other obstacles, civic groups are effective and influential.



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