Balgarianovinite.com Back since 2016, the Union of Bulgarian Journalists (UBJ) has been drafting proposals to initiate legislation protecting journalists’ rights and media freedom, said UBJ Managing Board President Snezhana Todorova.
She spoke at a discussion on the future of regional news, co-organized by BTA and the Council for Electronic Media at the BTA National Press Club here on Thursday. “This is not the first time we are holding a discussion on regional media,” she added.
“We can’t speak that we want the media to be free if journalists who work at the media are not protected,” Todorova argued. She noted that, according to the UBJ proposals, assaulting a journalist would be treated as a criminal offence.
She reported that since 2017 the Union has been tabling its proposals in each parliament, but so far they have been ignored.
“I can assure you that we are updating the proposals and will re-submit them. And I do hope that in this Parliament, with 12 journalists as MPs, our proposals will have a different fate,” the UBJ head said. Union Lobbies for Legislative Protection of Bulgarian Journalists’ Rights 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-06-11 11:39:32 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