”A large Bulgarian company is suing investigative website Bivol for the record-high amount of 1 million BGN.” That is what attorney Alexander Kashumov announced at an event organized by the …
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Lawsuit is described as typical SLAPP, aimed at silencing and destroying inconvenient media
Eurohold Bulgaria sues Bivol for the record sum of €0,5 mln.
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Sofia Airport has fired a “disloyal to the government” employee for commenting on the resignation of Prime Minister (PM) Boyko Borisov, which thousands of protestors in Bulgaria are demanding for …
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Bulgarian Public Radio’s Deleted Article: Censorship Attempt or Mysterious Technical Problem
An article on the site of the public radio BNR (Bulgarian National Radio), dating from 2013, suddenly disappeared two weeks ago, after an influential Facebook user reminded of it. Bivol …
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Threats and ugly intimidation, accompanied by obscene language used by the former Head of the Main Directorate for Combatting Organized Crime (GDBOP), Stanimir Florov – this is what journalist Katya …
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The Vienna-based company with Bulgarian participation KVZ Digital Ltd. regularly blocks YouTube videos on grounds of copyright infringement. However, investigative reporting outlets, are among the blocked as well. They don’t …
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Only Civil Solidarity and Resistance Can Save Bulgaria
#WHO Fired Bulgarian TV Journalist Luba Kulezic
The political talk show of well-known Bulgarian journalist Luba Kulezic was suspended last week from the program lineup of Bulgarian International Television (BiT) and her contract was terminated prematurely. BiT’s …
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Freedom of speech in Bulgaria and “media cops”- interview with Dimitar Dimitrov
Bulgarian Prime Minister* Personally Imposes Censorship against Bivol
Dimitar Dimitrov is a political scientist, who now works as an ambassador of free knowledge for Wikimedia to the European Union. As such, his main priorities are copyright, access to …
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Last week Bivol became once again the victim of an attack by Bulgaria’s backstage rule. This time we are not being sued in Court, attacked physically or by slander in …
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Bulgarian Finance Minister Justified Censorship Regarding First Investment Bank with the European Commission; the Latter Denied It
On Friday, in a response to a parliamentary question from independent MP Velizar Enchev regarding the censored part of the plan for the restructuring of First Investment Bank (FIB), Vladislav …
