IPI condemns criminal investigation against Bulgarian journalists
(World News Austria)

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists, condemns the opening of a criminal investigation against Bulgarian journalists Atanas Tchobanov and Assen Yordanov. Tchobanov and Yordanov, who work for the independent news website Bivol, received phone calls from police on June 10 alerting them that an investigation was being opened into their real estate holdings. The timing and subject of the inquiry suggest that it is a retaliatory measure in...