25 June 2026 Statements Bulgaria: Press freedom groups demand safety of journalist Dimitar Stoyanov is guaranteed following alleged threatsThe undersigned international media freedom organisations today raise alarm over the coordinated campaign of pressure against Bulgarian investigative journalist Dimitar Stoyanov and call on national authorities to guarantee his safety…
17 November 2025 Country reports Monitoring Bulgaria: Media Capture Monitoring Report 2025The International Press Institute (IPI) and the Media and Journalism Research Center (MJRC) today launch the second in a series of Media Capture Monitoring Reports for 2025, examining the state…
31 October 2025 Advocacy missions Country reports Report: Fragile media freedom progress in Bulgaria at risk of backsliding without urgent reformWhile Bulgaria has experienced modest progress on media freedom in the last four years, the situation remains undermined by persistent structural, legal and political challenges, with urgent action needed by…
09 October 2025 Statements Bulgaria wants to criminalise alleged privacy violationsOn 8 October 2025, Bulgaria’s parliamentary Legal Affairs Committee urgently approved, at first reading, amendments to the Criminal Code introduced by the “There Is Such a People” (ITN) party. The…
26 September 2025 Advocacy missions Statements Bulgaria: Press Freedom Undermined by Political Polarisation and Delayed ReformsMedia freedom in Bulgaria faces entrenched challenges in a climate of political polarisation and legislative inertia, with urgent action needed by government and public authorities to push forward both domestic…
24 September 2025 Advocacy missions Statements Bulgaria: Mission to examine media freedom and independent journalismBetween 24-25 September, the International Press Institute (IPI) will join a coalition of international media freedom and journalist organisations travelling to Bulgaria to conduct a press freedom mission on behalf…
