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.
Farmers are donating 19 trucks of their produce for the farmers from Southern Bulgaria affected by the wildfires. The Ministry of Agriculture and the Southwestern State Enterprise are helping the national association United Farmers transport the..
The efforts to put out the fire on the Greek Bulgarian border continue. Two aircraft sent by France under the EU civil protection mechanism will join the efforts in the coming two days , caretaker Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev said, and went on to..
An explosion has occurred at the Sviloza cellulose factory near Svishtov. Two employees from the factory fire service have been injured, Interior Minister Kalin Stoyanov said. The incident took place at around 11 am. The fire has now been fully..
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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