Czech businessman Petr Kellner is buying the biggest Bulgarian television group bTV.
Kellner’s PPF Group has announced that it is acquiring bTV’s parent company - Central European Media Enterprises (СМЕ). CME on its part announced that the transaction is for USD 2.1 billion. The acquisition will be concluded by mid-2020. Before that it will have to be approved by the CME’s shareholders’ meeting, the antitrust commissions in the respective countries and by the European Commission. CME is owner of bTV and of the TV groups in the Czech Republic (Nova), in Romania (PRO TV), in Slovakia Markíza) and in Slovenia (POP TV).
Speaking at a meeting with ambassadors from EU member states, the US, the UK and Switzerland , caretaker Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev said that the main task of the interim government was to hold fair and democratic elections. At the same time,..
Presidents Rumen Radev and Ilham Aliyev have signed a Declaration on Strategic Partnership between Bulgaria and Azerbaijan. The Bulgarian head of state is on an official visit to Baku at the invitation of his Azerbaijani counterpart. This is the..
Acting Chief Prosecutor Borislav Sarafov, the Minister of the Interior Kalin Stoyanov and the chairman of the State Agency "National Security", Plamen Tonchev, have signed a joint order for actions of the institutions to guarantee..
On Thursday, minimum temperatures in the country will be between 9 and 14°C , with 12°C in Sofia. The weather will be cloudy and rainy during the day,..
The mayor of Pleven Dr. Valentin Hristov called an urgent meeting of all law enforcement structures and structures in charge of cleaning the town to..
The exhibition "Trebenishte. 105 years since the discovery of the necropolis 1918 - 2023" can be viewed virtually on the website of the National..
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