100,000 Hungarians In Open Defiance of Orban, Budapest Pride Marks Historic Rally
An estimated 100,000 people filled the streets of Budapest on Saturday, marching in open defiance of a ban imposed by Hungary's right-wing government
"Normally, when one says there is no freedom of speech, everybody thinks that the Prime Minister or President (as it it happening now in Turkey, in Poland and Hungary) impose restrictions on the media, change the Constitutional Court or [chief] prosecutor. People link all of this to the government. [In Bulgaria] it is quite the opposite. The Bulgarian National Radio and the Bulgarian National Television are carrying out such anti-government policies and yet nobody has told them even a word about this."
Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boyko Borisov offering setting public broadcasters in the country, the BNT and BNR, as an example for free speech in a recent interview. Then, when asked to clarify, he adds:
"OK, it is not an anti-government policy, the precise wording is that they criticize the government all the time. We have neither changed the bosses nor sent there a party guy [as a manager] as it has happened in previous years. So the media have full freedom."The media have full freedom. It is their owners where the problems come from. Each media outlet carries out their own policies to protect their owners."
"I’ve always had a very good relationship with Vladimir Putin of Russia, but something has happened to him.
Regarding Bulgaria's eurozone accession: "We do not meet the criteria for the Eurozone, the protest will continue.
GERB leader Boyko Borissov on the F-16 fighter jet issue: "The board in question was sent by DHL, it arrived tonight, they will replace it.
Speaking during the final session of the Sofia Economic Forum, Bulgarian President Rumen Radev noted
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