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Bulgarian Politicians Threaten Journalist for Asking Inconvenient Questions

Questions from a journalist about current scandals in Bulgaria sparked furious reactions from representatives of the ruling coalition. The MP Anton Todorov and the Deputy Prime Minister Valeriy Simeonov threatened...

by Bulgarian Helsinki Committee
(Image: Stéphane Peres)

Questions from a journalist about current scandals in Bulgaria sparked furious reactions from representatives of the ruling coalition. The MP Anton Todorov and the Deputy Prime Minister Valeriy Simeonov threatened Victor Nikolaev, who is the host of the Morning Block of Nova TV (one of the main public televisions in the country), with dismissal. They also hinted that the inconvenient questions that his colleague Anna Tsolova used to ask were exactly the cause for her unexpected departure from the station a month ago.

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