Bulgarian National Assembly President, Tsveta Karayancheva, has discussed the role of public media in Bulgaria and in the EU as a whole with President of the European Broadcasting Union and BBC Director General, Tony Hall. Pointing out their extremely important cultural, educational and public functions, Karayancheva confirmed the commitment of Bulgarian legislators to guarantee public media's independence and put a focus on the fight against fake news. Lord Tony Hall pointed out the need to invest in qualification and training of journalists working in public media. The two agreed that the high expectations towards public service media could be met only through joint action between them and the legislative and executive powers.
Two Swedish planes will replace the French aircraft in fighting the wildfire in the Maleshevska Mountain, reported BTA, citing the Directorate General Fire Safety and Civil Protection. The situation remains complex, with firefighters, servicemen,..
President Rumen Radev called on the MPs to reconsider the decision to allocate funds for firefighting equipment to the Ministry of Interior. According to President Radev, a better option would be to allocate the funds to the army, as the Air Force..
The fire situation in the Blagoevgrad region remains serious. Despite the hot and windy weather, Interior Minister Kalin Stoyanov said that so far there was no danger of the flames reaching the settlements. Aircraft from France are still involved in..
The BG-ALERT system has issued an evacuation warning for the residents of five villages in the municipality of Strumyani due to the large fire that..
The range of the fire on the Bulg arian-Greek border has increased overnight. The fire has crossed the protective clearing over 2 places into Bulgarian..
The situation related to the two fires raging in Maleshevo and Slavyanka mountains is complicated. Both fronts remain active. About..
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