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1 | The Collapse of Media Freedom in Bulgaria | Mirodana Ny Fahalalahan'ny Media Ao Bolgaria |
2 | Word Press Freedom map 2014, by Reporters Without Borders. | Sarintanin'ny Fahalalahan'ny Fanaovan-gazety 2014, avy amin'ny Reporters Sans Frontieres. |
3 | The state of media freedom in Bulgaria was bad in 2013, according to Reporters Without Borders' World Press Freedom Index. | Ratsy ny toerana nisy ny fahalalahan'ny fanaovan-gazety tao Bolgaria tamin'ny 2013, raha nojerena ny Filaharan'ny Fahalalahan'ny Fanaovan-Gazety Manerantany navoakan'ny Mpitati-baovao Tsy Voasakan-Tsisintany. |
4 | But in 2014, the situation deteriorated even further. | Saingy mbola niampy trotraka izany tamin'ny 2014. |
5 | Over the course of just one year, the country plunged 13 places on the list. | Tao anatin'ny herintaona monja, dia nidina laharana 13 ilay firenena. |
6 | At number 100 out of 180, it is now last in the EU, falling well below neighboring countries such as Hungary (64) and Serbia (54). | Ao amin'ny laharana faha-100 amin'ireo 180 noraisina, ary mitana ny rambony ao amin'ny Vondrona Eoropeana, latsaka kokoa noho ireo mpifanolo-bodi-rindrina tahaka an'i Hongria (64) sy Serbia (54). |
7 | After a turbulent period marked by mass protests and political tension surrounding parliamentary elections, this record dive towards the bottom of the list has raised concerns within and outside the country. | Taorian'ny vanim-potoana mamaivay voamariky ny hetsi-bahoaka sy ny fifandroritana politika manodidina ny fifidianana parlemantera, dia mbola nitsoraka nakany amin'ny ambany indrindra amin'ny lisitra izany ka niteraka ahiahy temin'ny tao anatiny sy teo ivelan'ny firenena. |
8 | The World Press Freedom report indicates that several independent journalists, many of them investigative reporters, faced serious threats from both government and non-state actors. | Notondroin'ny Fahalalahan'ny Fanaovan-gazety Manerantany fa miatrika fandrahonana tena mampanahy tokoa avy amin'ny governemanta sy ireo mpandray anjara tsy avy amin'ny fitondrana ireo mpanao gazety mahaleotena maro, ka maro amin'izy ireo ny mpanangom-baovao fanadihadiana lalina. |
9 | Gerard Choppe, president of the Swiss branch of Reporters Without Borders, saw the concentration of ownership and lack of transparency in the media industry as the biggest obstacles to media freedom in Bulgaria. | Gerard Choppe, filohan'ny sampana Mpanangom-Baovao Tsy Voasakan-Tsisintany ao Soisa, nahita ny fivangongoam-pizaka-manana sy ny tsy fisian'ny mangarahara ao amin'ny indostrian'ny fampitam-baovao ho sakana lehibe indrindra amin'ny fahalalahan'ny fanaovan-gazety ao Bolgaria. |
10 | He summarized this “bad news” at a press conference where he issued the following diagnosis: | Nataony fehinteny nandritra ny valan-dresaka hoan'ny mpanao gazety namoahany izao voka-panadihadiana manaraka izany izany “vaovao ratsy” izany : |
11 | Bulgaria is a bad example in terms of media freedom. | Ohatra ratsy eo amin'ny fahalalahan'ny fanaovan-gazety i Bolgaria. |
12 | When one talks with Bulgarian journalists, they state there is a lot of cynism, much self-censorship and a strong lack of hope. | Rehefa miresaka amin'ny Bolgara mpanao gazety, dia milaza ry zareo fa be dia be ny resaka alika, ny fanivanan-tena ary ny tsy fisian'ny fanantenana. |
13 | The symptoms are not good at all. | Ny milaza zavatra tsara mihitsy ny soritr'aretina. |
14 | Journalism is a mirror of society, therefore there is a lot more to be done. | Fitaratry ny fiaraha-monina ny fanaovan-gazety, noho izany be dia be ny zavatra tokony hatao. |
15 | Should we lose hope and put up with it? | Tokony ho very fanantenana sy hiaritra izany ve isika? |
16 | I am sure we should not and also that the situation might get better. | Azoko antoka fa tsy tokony hiaritra maina isika, arymety ho tsara kokoa ny toe-draharaha. |
17 | In that regard, journalistic solidarity could help to a large extent. | Amin'io lafiny io, dia afaka manampy be dia be ny firaisan-kinan'ny fanaovan-gazety . |
18 | At the same conference, Asen Yordanov, a member of the independent news site Bivol in Bulgaria, spoke about the process of monopolization and buying of media that began after Bulgaria's accession to the EU. | Nandritra io valan-dresaka io ihany, Asen Yordanov, mpikambana iray ao amin'ny tranonkalan'ny sampana fampahalalaham-baovao mahaleotena Bivol ao Bulgaria, niresaka momba ny ampihimamba sy ny fividianana ny media taorian'ny nahatafiditra an'i Bolgaria tao amin'ny Vondrona Eoropeana. |
19 | An investigative journalist who focuses mainly on corruption in the judicial system, Yordanov pointed to Corporate Commercial Bank (KTB), a private lender that played a significant role in monopolization and then declared bankruptcy in 2014. | Nisy mpanao gazety iray tia mamotopototra lalina izay nifantoka amin'ny ankapobeny amin'ny kolikoly ao amin'ny rafitra ara-pitsarana, Yordanov, nanondro ny Corporate Commercial Bank (KTB), mpampisambo-bola iray tsy miankina izay nitana anjara lehibe tamin'ny fanaovana ampihimamba ary nilaza avy eo fa bankirompitra tamin'ny 2014. |
20 | According to Yordanov and Darik Radio journalist Prolet Velkova, the bank had a significant influence on the media sector between 2011 and 2014. | Araka an'i Yordanov sy ny mpanao gazetin'ny Radio Darik antsoina hoe Prolet Velkova, dia nanana anjara toerana manokana teo amin'ny sehatry ny fampitam-baovao tanelanelan'ny taona 2011 sy 2014 ity Banky ity. |
21 | In an interview with The Guardian, Bulgarian journalist Lada Trifonova described an incident that she says “encapsulates” much of the corruption and lack of transparency in Bulgaria's media sector today: | Nandritra ny antsafa nifanaovana tamin'ny The Guardian, ny Bolgariana mpanao gazety Lada Trifonova no namelabelatra toe-javatra iray lazainy fa “manarona” kokoa ny kolikoly sy ny tsy fisian'ny mangarahara eo amin'ny sehatry ny fampitam-baovao ao Bolgaria : |
22 | Reporters from the Franco-German television network ARTE were prevented from filming a property owned by one of Bulgaria's richest and most contentious politicians, the oligarch and media owner, Delyan Peevski. | Nampitantremana tsy haka sary toerana iray an'ny iray amin'ny politisiana manakarena indrindra sy mampiady hevitra ihany koa, ilay mpanambola be saty tompon'orinasa mpampita vaovao antsoina hoe Delyan Peevski. |
23 | His security guards and police subjected the journalists to unnecessary identity checks. | Nanao fisavana sy fanamarinana fanondroan'olona efa tsy ilaina intsony ireo mpanao gazety ny mpiambina sy ny polisy. |
24 | Meanwhile, the Bulgarian video operator - who was hired by ARTE from a local TV channel - was phoned by his boss and ordered to delete the footage. | Mandritra izany fotoana izany ilay Bolgara mpikirakira lahatsary nokaramain'ny ARTE avy amin'ny fantsona fahitalavitra iray dia nantsoin'ny lehibeny ary nobaikoana hamafa ny lahatsary efa noraiketina |
25 | On June 14, 2013, a parliamentary vote to appoint Peevski to head the country's National Security Agency triggered anti-government protests of thousands of people. | Tamin'ny 14 jona 2013, nisy latsabato parlemantera natao izay nanendry an'i Peevski ho filohan'ny Sampan-draharahan Nasionaly misahana ny Fiarovana niteraka fihetsiketseha-panoherana ny fitondrana nataon'olona an'arivony. |
26 | Trifonova, a former journalist and currently a post-doctoral scholar, has called on the EU to freeze funds intended for so-called “communication strategies”. | Trifonova, mpanao gazety teo aloha ary efa nahazo ny mari-pahaizana dokotorà amin'izao fotoana izao, niantso ny Vondrona Eoropeana mbola hitazona ny vola lazaina fa hamatsiana ny “teti-panorona ara-pifandraisana”. |
27 | She adds: | Hoy izy: |
28 | Four years ago, the then biggest foreign media owner in Bulgaria, the German conglomerate Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung (WAZ), sold off all its titles. | Efa-taona lasa izay, ny vahiny tompon'ny fampitam-baovao lehibe indrindra tao Bolgaria tamin'izany fotoana izany, dia ny vondron'orinasa mpampita vaovao alemana Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung (WAZ) no nivarotra ny taratasim-pananany rehetra. |
29 | Its director explained that it was retreating due to “widespread abuse of power” and “the close intertwining of oligarchs and political power, which is poisoning the market”. | Nanazava ny taleny fa nihemotra izy noho ny “fanamparam-pahefana miely patrana” sy “fiaraha-miosona akaiky loatra eo amin'ny olombitsy sy hery ara-politika, izay manapoizina ny tsena”. |
30 | In subsequent years, the country's largest media organisation, the New Bulgarian Media Group (NBMG), was supposedly owned by Irena Krasteva, mother of Delyan Peevski. | Nandritra ireo taona manaraka, ny vondron'orinasam-pampitam-baovao lehibe indrindra tao amin'ny firenena, ny Vondrona Media Boligara Vaovao (NBMG), dia noheverina fa fananan'i Irena Krasteva, renin'i Delyan Peevski. |
31 | Deutsche Welle Bulgaria also published an article with the headline “The big plunge” that included several quotes from lawyer Alexander Kashamov and political scientist Parvan Simeonov, in which Kashamov claimed that the controversial appointment of Delyan Peevski was one of the key reasons that Reporters Without Borders gave Bulgarian media freedom such a low rating in 2014. | Ny Deutsche Welle Bulgaria koa dia namoaka lahatsoratra iray mitondra ny lohateny hoe “Ny Fitsorahana Lehibe” izay izay ahitana tsongan-teny maro nalaina avy amin'ny mpahay lalàna Alexander Kashamov sy ny mpahay ara-politika Parvan Simeonov, ka nilazan'i Kashamov fa ilay fanendrena mampiady hevitra an'i Delyan Peevski no iray amin'ireo antony manan-danja nahatonga ny Mpitati-Baovao Tsy Voasakan-Tsisintany nanome naoty ambany dia ambany ny fahalalahan'ny haino aman-jery Bolgara tamin'ny 2014. |
32 | He also added that the protests have raised public trust in social networks as a “communication substitute” for traditional media. | Nampiany ihany koa fa ny hetsi-panoherana no nampiakatra ny fitokisam-bahoaka tamin'ny tambajotra sosialy ho “fifandraisana mahasolo toerana” ny haino aman-jery nentim-paharazana. |
33 | Caricature of the Bulgarian far-right politician Volen Siderov and media by Christo Komarnitzki, used with permission | Sariitatr'ilay politisiana bolgara farany ankavanana Volen Siderov sy ny media nataon'i Christo Komarnitzki, nahazoana alalana |
34 | The daily analytic website E-vestnik is among those online media that are critical towards media dependency trends and government influence over journalists' work. | Iray amin'ireo mpampita vaovao an-tserasera mpitsikera ny fironana mankany amin'ny fiankinan-doha sy ny tsindrin'ny governemanta amin'ny asam-panaovan-gazety ny tranonkalam-pandrasarasàna E-vestnik. |
35 | In one of its analyses of the Bulgarian media, the online daily made collages of the front pages of a popular daily newspaper which published portraits of Prime Minister Boyko Borisov for several days in a row along with puff pieces of Borisov and his government. | Ao amin'ny iray amin'ireo fandrasarasana nataony momba ny fampitam-baovao Bolgara, dia nanaovan'ilay fampitam-baovao an-tserasera kipetapetaka ny lohateny lehiben'ilay gazety malaza izay mamoaka ny sarin'ny praiminisitra Boyko Borisov nandritra ny andro maromaro ahitana takelaka maro momba an'i Borisov sy ny governemantany. |
36 | Due to their objective and non-commercial line, many independent media earn little money from advertising, but still have a small and steady audience, mostly of people who search for alternative sources of information. | Noho ny fijoroana mahitsy sy tsy ara-barotra, dia vola kely no azon'ny fampitam-baovao tsy miankina maro avy amin'ny dokambarotra, fa mbola manana mpanaraka vitsy sy tsy miovaova, izay ny ankamaroany dia ireo olona mitady loharanom-baovao hafa. |
37 | According to Simeonov, the media space has since been fragmented into “camps” that have tried to shed any influence and tone of Bulgaria's politics and systems of yesteryear. | Araka an'i Simeonov, dia voazarazara ho “ankolafy” miezaka ny handresy lahatra sy hanome lanja ny politika sy ny rafitra Boligara nampanembona fahiny ny tontolon'ny media. |
38 | He further concluded: | Nanao fehin-teny izy avy eo: |
39 | In Bulgaria there is a lack of trust towards publicity. | Ao Bolgaria misy ny fahabangan'ny fitokisana dokambarotra. |
40 | One has the presumption that everything is paid or that it could be paid. | Lasa eritreretina avy hatrany fa voavidim-bola daholo ny zava-drehetra na azo vidim-bola. |
41 | The moral deficit is [present] on a mass scale. | Manjaka any amin'ny daholobe [ankehitriny] ny tsy fitokisana. |
42 | This refers to the politics, as well for the media and people who comment on the politics, for everyone who had any interaction with those media. | Mihatra amin'ny sehatry ny politika, amin'ny media sy ny olona maneho hevitra ara-politika, ary amin'ny rehetra mifanerasera amin'ireo fampitam-baovao ireo izany resaka izany. |
43 | The “freedom” of speech in the Bulgarian media reached absurd dimensions. | Tonga any amin'ny dingana tsy mitombina intsony ny “fahalalahana” miteny ao amin'ny haino aman-jery Bolgara. |
44 | Despite the current outlook, there may still remain a light at the end of the tunnel in 2015 - while decline can be endless, so can improvement. | Na dia eo aza ny zavamisy ankehitriny, dia misy ihany ny sisam-pahazavana any amin'ny faran'ny tonelina amin'ny 2015 - raha tsy manam-pahataperana ny fitsontsorika, dia azo atao ihany koa ny fanatsarana. |