At the opening of the 6th News Agencies World Congress at the National Palace of Culture in Sofia, President Rumen Radev stated that the boom of social media has swept away the established algorithms for collecting information, and financial problems have been pushing the media to political and economic dependency, undermining ethical standards and creating an acute shortage of timely and accurate information.
“Today the truth is often drowned in a sea of fake news, the destructive effect of information being more powerful than that of bombs or missiles,” the Bulgarian head of state said. In the words of the President, the focus of the congress - “The Future of News” - is actually about the future of the human race.
The Central Election Commission (CEC) has decided to hand the tally sheets, in paper form, from the election, provided by the Constitutional Court, as well the two technical devices, over to the Information Services state-run company for re-entry of..
Vazrazhdane party has sent a formal request to President Rumen Radev to call a referendum on keeping the Bulgarian Lev , the party’s leader Kostadin Kostadinov writes on Facebook, and adds that a referendum can be scheduled if the signatures of..
On 30 March, Bulgaria is switching to daylight saving time, the Bulgarian Institute of Metrology has announced, as reported by the Bulgarian news agency BTA. At 3 AM on 30 March, clocks must be set forward by one hour. The country switched to..
Vazrazhdane party has sent a formal request to President Rumen Radev to call a referendum on keeping the Bulgarian Lev , the party’s leader Kostadin..
The Central Election Commission (CEC) must carry out the re-calculation of the election results it has been tasked with by the Constitutional Court...
A yellow code for strong wind has been issued for 18 regions of Bulgaria on Tuesday . The minimum temperatures will be 4 to 9°C, around 4°C in Sofia...
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