Balgarianovinite.com A total of 150 journalists participated with over 500 news pieces in the 2026 edition of Web Report. The awards for journalism were presented at a ceremony in Sofia on Monday evening.
The Special Award for Young Authors was presented to Valentina Dineva, Valeria Pramatarova, and Marilena Hristova from Scoolmedia.com for their piece “From Silent Hatred to Violence: The Rise of Incel Culture in Bulgaria.”
The Green Pen Award went to journalist Hrisimira Milkova of shumenonline.bg for an investigation focusing on water supply issues in Shumen.
Mehmed Aziz received an award in the Photo Coverage category.
bTV journalist Desislava Rizova was awarded in the Video Coverage category for her piece “Tehran 26.”
The award in the Podcast category went to Viktoria Valchinova.
In the Sports category, Petya Zheleva from Nova TV was awarded for her piece “Novak Djokovic: The Story of the Tennis Legend from Belgrade to the Top of the World.”
Anton Zlatkov from bTV received the award in the Technology and Innovation category for his piece “AI and Political Propaganda: How Synthetic Videos and Memes Manipulate Public Opinion.”
In the Economy category, Vasil Minkov from Capital was awarded for his work on “The New Bulgarian Workers: From Nepal to Uzbekistan.”
In the Culture and Arts category, the award went to Anna Karadakova of Nova TV for her piece “Symphony of Powerlessness.” She received it from Antoaneta Markova, Director of the LIK department at BTA.
Asya Pencheva of Bulgarian National Radio received the award in the True Stories category for her piece “Chlorine and Silence.”
In the Society category, Maya Dimitrova of Bulgarian National Television won the award for her investigative report “Architects of Chaos.”
The winner in the Journalistic Excellence category was Boyko Vassilev of Bulgarian National Television for the piece “Traces on the Film Strip” about the restoration of Vulo Radev’s The Peach Thief.
The winners were selected by a jury featuring BTA Director General Kiril Valchev, journalistg Daniel Chipev of the Bulgarian National Television, bTV show host Svetoslav Ivanov, Bulgarian National Radio deputy editor-in-chief Valeria Nikolova, Capial editor-in-chief Ivaylo Stanchev, journalist Anna Zarkova; News executive producer at Nova TV Metodi Vladimirov, Bulgarian Association of Sports Journalists Chair Nayden Todorov, A1 Corporate Communications Director Iliana Zaharieva, Dnes.bg editor-in-chief Aleksandar Popov, BulFoto agency founder Evgeni Dimitrov, and Dir.bg editor-in-chief Nikola Kostadinov. Web Report Awards for Journalism Presented at Ceremony in Sofia 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-05-12 05:58:27 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law