Bulgaria receives a score of 80 out of 100 points in the annual ranking of Freedom House named Freedom in the World. This country maintains its last year’s score and is rated Free in the Freedom in the World report. Multiple parties compete in Bulgaria’s democratic system. The country continues to struggle with political corruption and organized crime. While the media sector remains pluralistic, ownership concentration is a growing problem. Journalists encounter threats or violence in the course of their work. Ethnic minorities, particularly Roma, face discrimination. Despite funding shortages and other obstacles, civil society groups have been active and influential, the report about Bulgaria reads.
Monday will be mostly sunny with scattered high clouds. The lowest temperatures will be between 0° and 5°C; in Sofia - about 1°C, and the highest will reach between 13° to 18°C; in Sofia - about 14°C. In the mountains it will..
On the first day of the 51st parliament, ITN will initiate the collection of signatures for submitting a complaint to the Constitutional Court concerning the partial cassation of the elections, party leader Slavi Trifonov announced on..
Vazrazhdane calls for a recount of the votes from the early parliamentary elections, party leader Kostadin Kostadinov has told BNR. "It will perhaps show that there are protocols that do not match with the contents of the bags with..
Slavi Trifonov, leader of There Is Such a People (ITN) declared he would sign the declaration of We Continue the Change/Democratic Bulgaria (PP/DB),..
The recordings from 65 cameras, which streamed the counting of the ballots on election night online, have gone missing, according to a report by the..
Today, 3 November, is International Day for Biosphere Reserves, declared by UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere programme. On this occasion, as of the second..
Partly Cloudy
Clear