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On 4 June 2012, the President of the Republic of Bulgaria appointed Maria Stoyanova as a representative to the Council for Electronic Media (CEM). That appointment was the result of a newly adopted procedure, hitherto unspecified in the law. On 29 March 2012, the Administration of the President initiated a procedure, by way of publishing a communication, for nomination of a member of the Council for Electronic Media from the presidential quota. All interested Non-Governmental Organisations and professional bodies were invited to submit their written applications by 6 April 2012. The intention was...

After the coming into force of the 2011 amendments to the Bulgarian Copyright and Related Rights Act, all the collective societies are required under Article 40e to request approval of their tariffs by the Minister of Culture. This provision applies in particular to the following collective societies: - the society of the phonogram producers and music performers (PROPHON); - the society of the authors and composers of music works (MUSICAUTOR); and - the Bulgarian organization of the film authors and producers (FILMAUTOR) The approval procedure requires each organisation to present, together with...

On 18 May 2012, the Bulgarian Radio and Television Act (RTA) was amended and supplemented. The amendments came into effect on 1 July 2012. In accordance with the amendments, the Council for Electronic Media (CEM) is assisted in the performance of its activities by an administration, carried out by civil servants and persons working under employment contracts regulated by the Labour Code. Its structure is self-defined according to the funds provided for the relevant year. The Act on Administration will be applicable to the administration of the CEM, unless otherwise provided in the RTA. Members...

On 19 April 2012 the Council for Electronic Media imposed a penalty equal to the amount of BGN 3,000 (EUR 1528) on the Nova Broadcasting Group (Penal Decree no. 25). A political cause of the Serbian paramilitary organisation Chetnichki pokret had been presented during the broadcast Karbovski Direct, aired on 28 January 2012 from 4.51 p.m. to 5.18 p.m. An illegal revolutionary movement for the liberation of Kosovo called its orthodox brothers to arms. There was an exclusive interview with its chief Bratislav Zivkovic and his Bulgarian comrades Pavel Chernev and Zivko Ivanov. The anchorman asked...

On 27 February 2012 the Administrative Court in Sofia confirmed penal decree No. 63/17.11.2009 issued by the chairperson of the Council for Electronic Media (CEM). The penal decree imposed a penalty in the amount of BGN 8,000 on the private national television Nova Broadcasting Group. The reason for the penalty was a violation of good morals in "The Price of Truth" which was broadcast on 16 September 2009 on the channel Nova TV. The anchorman of the show had posed questions to the female contestant in the presence of her 16-year old son about her relationship with a 19-year old man, including questions...