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Bulgaria: the EU's worst country when it comes to press freedom
By Nicola Pedrazzi, Fazıla Mat and Valentina Vivona, OBCT
Bulgaria's first Presidency of the Council of the European Union is coming to an end soon. Its ranking in the press freedom index is the lowest in the EU. This OBCT dossier discusses the reasons for the contiuous decline.
On January 11th, 2018, the President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, and the Prime Minister of the Republic of Bulgaria, Boyko Borissov, mark the beginning of the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union in Sofia (photo: Etienne Ansotte/EU-Kommission/dpa)
Last January 1st, Bulgaria took over the 6-month Presidency of the Council…