Crete Is Just 90 Minutes Away: Direct Summer Flights from Sofia to Heraklion
The island of Crete, a gem of Greek mythology and Mediterranean charm, is now closer than ever thanks to Bulgaria Air.
The Athens Journalists' Union has called a 48-hour strike to protest against the closure of the public Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT), which surprised and shocked on Tuesday evening both viewers and journalists.
"This is a blow to democracy," said ERT newsreader Antonis Alafogiorgos at the end of the main TV station's final broadcast.
ERT employee Vayia Valavaki told BBC that the government was trying to "scare" people.
"I am now a laid-off single mother with a young child," she said. "How exactly is this country protecting me? Why are they leaving me without work?"
“We gave our lives, our souls for the public station. We spent nights that we’ll never get paid for. We work hard here and have not been paid since November. All the effort is gone, wasted. They are throwing us aside, just like that, it is a disgrace,” a female journalist from the TV channel told BBC.
ERT, which began broadcasting in 1938, is funded by a direct payment of EUR 4.30 added monthly to electricity bills.
It ran three domestic TV channels, four national radio stations, as well regional radio stations and an external service, Voice of Greece.
Kyiv was rocked by a massive Russian attack overnight on July 9–10, as waves of drones and ballistic missiles struck the capital and surrounding oblasts for the second consecutive night
North Macedonia’s Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski declared on Wednesday that Bulgaria is pursuing a long-standing strategy aimed at erasing the Macedonian nation and identity
The European Parliament has adopted the report on North Macedonia, authored by Austrian MEP Thomas Waitz, without any mention of the “Macedonian language and identity”
Bulgarian MEP Tsvetelina Penkova, representing the Bulgarian Socialist Party, addressed Bulgaria’s forthcoming entry into the eurozone
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The European Commission has issued tailored recommendations to all EU member states, with its latest report on Bulgaria highlighting ongoing challenges and limited progress in critical areas
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