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On 12 February 2015, the Bulgarian Parliament adopted amendments to the Copyright and Related Rights Act, aimed at implementing Directive 2012/28/EU on certain permitted uses of orphan works. The amendments, in force from 24 February 2015, closely follow the provisions of the Directive and introduce the concept of an orphan work, which previously was not regulated by Bulgarian law. The new provisions have limited scope and, according to Article 71b of the Copyright and Related Rights Act, they are applicable only to publicly accessible libraries, educational establishments, museums, archives, film...

On 26 February 2015, the Council of Electronic Media published on its website a penalty statement for a violation of the Radio and Television Act. On 2 November 2014, on the "Nova TV" channel in the "Dikoff" programme were included marked blocks with commercial messages. The measurements of the audio signal, performed with the “TSL Pam Pico” system and certified by measurement protocols, show a difference between the volume of the broadcast commercial messages (advertising and self-promotions) and that of the rest of the programme. The measurement results show that the volume at the time of broadcasting...

On 21 January 2015, twelve new members of the national Ethical Journalism Committee began their work. The members of the committee were elected by the Board of Founders of the “National Council on Journalistic Ethics” foundation, which includes representatives of some of the most influential media organisations in Bulgaria - the Association of Bulgarian broadcasters (ABBRO), the Bulgarian Union of Publishers and the Media Development Center. The foundation was created in 2005 and, to date, there have been two operating committees: the ethical committee for printed media and the ethical committee...

On 23 January 2015, the Bulgarian Government adopted a programme for the stable development of the Republic of Bulgaria for the 2014-2018 period. One of the priorities as outlined under paragraph/section 18.1, which concerns the media landscape, is the: "[d]evelopment of a public landscape and legislation that guarantee media independence and pluralism as well as transparency and public disclosure of media ownership and media supervision". The Government's aim over the next four years is to adopt legislative amendments that will help "to achieve a transparent and competitive media landscape". The...

On 19 December 2014, the Bulgarian Parliament adopted the 2015 State Budget Act, which regulates, among other things: state financing of public service broadcasting, the media supervisory body (Council for Electronic Media), and Bulgarian film-making. Despite strong opposition, particularly from public service broadcasters who also boycotted the meeting of the Parliamentary Committee for Culture and Media, Parliament approved the cut in budgetary funding for public service broadcasting and the Council for Electronic Media without any amendments. The state budget is the primary source of funding...