“Resignation or resistance, Bulgaria's embattled press hesitates”
Bulgaria was ranked 59th in the latest press freedom index, lower than any other member of the European Union. The communist regime's fall in 1989 opened the way to democracy, but customs inherited from the past have been slow to die out. A mafia-influenced economy is gradually taking control of more and more media, and while many journalists are resigned to this, others are resisting and are speaking out. Reporters Without Borders went to meet them.