Tag Bulgaria
31 Oct

Report: Fragile media freedom progress in Bulgaria at risk of backsliding without urgent reform

A joint fact-finding mission by leading European media freedom organisations warns that fragile progress on media freedom in Bulgaria is at risk of backsliding without urgent reform. The 2025 report outlines key challenges, threats to journalists, and recommendations for national and EU action.

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26 Sep

Bulgaria: Press Freedom Undermined by Political Polarisation and Delayed Reforms

Media freedom in Bulgaria faces entrenched challenges in a climate of political polarisation and legislative inertia, with urgent action needed by government and public authorities to push forward both domestic and EU-mandated reforms, a coalition of international press freedom organisations said today.

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24 Sep

Bulgaria: Mission to examine media freedom and independent journalism

Between 24-25 September, the International Press Institute (IPI) will join a coalition of international media freedom and journalist organisations travelling to Bulgaria to conduct a press freedom mission on behalf of the Council of Europe’s Safety of Journalists Platform and the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR).

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6 Nov

Press freedom organisations condemn attacks on journalists during Bulgaria’s parliamentary elections

Press freedom organisations call for investigations into violence against journalists during Bulgaria’s parliamentary elections and urge for their protection.

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24 Apr

Bulgaria Minister urged to drop defamation lawsuit

The MFRR criticises the criminal defamation lawsuit filed by Interior Minister Kalin Stoyanov against the Bureau for Investigative Reporting and Data (BIRD).

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2 May

Bulgaria: Investigative journalists hit by smears and lawsuits

The partners of the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) today raise the alarm about a latest wave of legal pressure exerted against two of Bulgaria’s leading investigative media platforms, BIRD.bg and Bivol.bg.

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17 Nov

Bulgarian far-right party’s ‘foreign agent’ bill sparks media freedom concerns

Press freedom groups raise alarm that Bulgarian Foreign Agent law appears intended to target critical media.

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10 May

#HereToReport — The value and perils of photojournalism at protests

As part of the MFRR #HereToReport campaign, this article examines the threats facing photojournalists covering protests in EU member states and candidate countries.

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9 Jun

Bulgaria: Put press freedom on interim government agenda

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22 Mar

Pressure on press freedom from protestors and police

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