News – Media Development Center

28 May 2024 Media Development Center

Monitoring of the media coverage of the new Law on the protection of persons reporting or publicly disclosing information on breaches (the “Whistleblowing Law”) which transposes the requirements of Directive (EU) 2019/1937 on the protection of persons who report breaches of Union law – short analyses of the media coverage and the way the Bulgarian citizens are being informed on the issue

Bulgaria delayed the transposition of the EU Directive of Whistleblower protection in the national legislation and missed the deadline – of 17 December 2021. The Law on protection of persons reporting or publicly disclosing information on breaches (the “Whistleblowing Law”) was adopted on 27 January 2023. This adoption was preceded by back-and-forth steps of all […]

5 February 2024 Media Development Center

Improving Anti-SLAPP Defense : PATFox project takes centre-stage at the European Parliament

The final public event of the PATFox project will be held on the 31st of January 2024, at the premises of the European Parliament, Room ASP 5G1, from 9-11am CET. The event “Improving anti-SLAPP defense: Lessons learned from the PATFox Project” is co-hosted by MEP Ramona Strugariu, rapporteur on the European Media Freedom Act, and […]

7 September 2023 Media Development Center

Southeast Europe Coalition on Whistleblower Protection is looking for pitches for fresh journalistic stories on whistleblowing and whistleblowers

Southeast Europe Coalition on Whistleblower Protection (https://see-whistleblowing.org) is looking for pitches for fresh journalistic stories on whistleblowing and whistleblowers in the following countries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Kosovo, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Ukraine. The Coalition will pay $450 for an article of 1200 to […]