News from BlueLink

Call for participаtion in the BlueLink Virtual Newsroom Project across Central and Eastern Europe and Germany

The Heinrich Boell Foundation in Brandenburg and BlueLink are reaching out to journalists from Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and Germany, willing to join a virtual newsroom project for watchdog journalism and storytelling on climate chan

Green European Foundation with the support of ASSED Sunrise is organising an international capacity building workshop in Macedonia for new Green politicians and activists from Bulgaria, Serbia and Macedonia.

Termites are eating our forest. No, not the insects, but other ‘termites’ that turn wood into cash. The problem is on the public agenda again – after the revelation for illegal logging near the town of Velingrad, Bulgaria and the dismissal of the forestry employee who signaled the violation. This, however, is just one example of illegal practices.

A new search engine for tracking logging permits is available on the website for investigative journalism bivol.bg. The search engine created by the journalist Atanas Tchobanov was launched on 29 November.

Bulgarian journalists and journalism students participated in a three-day training designed to introduce them to feature story writing in the public interest as well as to the issues that merit reporting in the extractive industry in Bulgaria.

Online Whistle-blowing and Ethical Journalism

Roundtable Discussion

Saturday, June 6, from 16.30 East European Time
At the Red House Centre for Culture and Debate
15 Lyuben Karavelov, Sofia

There is high danger that the ski zones of Bansko in the Pirin National Park and Aleko in the Vitosha Nature Park will be extended with the help of Bulgaria's present government, Environmental groups and NGOs from the For Nature in Bulgaria Coalition warned yesterday. A series of actions by members of government and the ruling majority in parliament raised activists' concerns.

Doing quality journalism depends to a great extent on us came as a key message during the discussion ‘Strengthening independent journalism in public interest’.

The creator of ‘Ne!Novinite’ – Samuil Petkanov and the editor-in-chief of the investigative journalism website bivol.bg took the prizes ‘Svoboden elektron’ for 2014.