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The death of a 25-year-old man in a psychiatric hospital highlights what a report by Bulgaria's ombudswoman called the "cruel, inhuman, and degrading" treatment of patients. The man died in a fire while he was locked in an isolation room, tied down for hours, and left without medical supervision.
"Normally, the findings of...investigative reporting should trigger legal actions, but in Bulgaria they more often trigger institutional retaliations against the journalists and their sources," one reporter told RFE/RL.
A pesky local investigative reporter in Bulgaria spends a day in jail after an anonymous tip sends elite cops on "urgent" warrantless raids over...ancient coins?
There has been a string of unexplained fires and explosions at locations connected to Bulgaria's arms industry. With mounting evidence of Russian involvement, critics accused Bulgarian authorities of dragging their feet.
Brussels' urgent advice on how Bulgaria should tackle corruption and reform its notoriously politicized justice system got muddied by the reemergence of an old photo scandal involving a former prime minister, a pistol, gold bars, and stacks of euros.