“TBA - Against the real-time manipulation”

FLARE member: Youth of Pazardzhik

Location: Pazardzhik (Sofia)

Format: seminar

Description:

Given the peculiarity of Bulgarian situation and the tight relation between state officers and organized crime, Bulgaria represents a focus for FLARE projects and activities.

FLARE member “Youth of Pazardzhik” organized the “Seson of Legality” event titled “Access to information and freedom of speech”.

Bulgaria is a country where too often attacks against journalists – by means of verbal threatening, beatings, bombings and killings – occur. Freedom of speech and independent media are rare to be found and the few existing have a hard time in performing their daily duties. The recent decision by the EU to cancel a 220 million funds previously destined to the Bulgarian government demonstrates how serious the situation is.

 

At the seminar also participated Ognyan Stefanov, 54 , Frognews editor, harshly attacked in Sofia on September 24, 2008. Valentin Nenkov, chief editor of “Videlina” newspaper, Nikolay Zaichev, director of “European funds and programmes” at the municipality of Pazardzhik also took part at the seminar.