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European media recognition of the Bulgarian independent site for investigative journalism Bivol continues to grow, along with its international prestige. In Bulgaria, Bivol\u2019s investigations in the shady dealings of power and of the so-called “business” are usually hushed or ignored by mainstream media, but they are followed abroad as such cases cause serious media and public interest. Thus, the issues that should be in the spotlight of Bulgarian media and society are reported outside the country and Western journalists are increasingly turning to their colleagues from Bivol namely because it is an independent site focused on objective investigative journalism.<\/p>\n
Recently, two of the most popular European TVs – ARD and Euronews – aired coverage of Bulgaria with the participation of the founder and director of Bivol, Asen Yordanov.<\/p>\n
ARD is a public broadcaster (the world’s second largest after BBC) in Germany with a total of 11 TV channels and 55 radio programs and Euronews is the most watched television channel in Europe, founded by 10 European public broadcasters, which has programs in 13 languages.<\/p>\n
The reportage from Bulgaria of ARD journalist Matthias Ebert includes Asen Yordanov\u2019s comments on the illegal deal for the construction of a large vacation complex one of the last wild and unspoiled beaches on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast, Karadere, which threatens to turn this incredibly beautiful place in another concrete ghetto. The two are filmed attending the protest of a few locals who insist that the construction should take place because of promises of jobs and income, and because most of them have also been misled by the “investors” as Yordanov explains.<\/p>\n
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