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Ambassador of Germany to Bulgaria Christoph Eichhorn: It is up to all of us to uphold freedom of speech

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Upholding freedom of speech is not only up to the government, a separate radio journalist or ambassador. It is up to all of us and it should happen on a daily basis, the new Ambassador of Germany to Bulgaria Christoph Eichhorn said in an interview for the Bulgarian National Radio. Ambassador Eichhorn who is a former radio journalist, commented the role of public media in a democratic society. The existence of reliable and accurate journalism favors the developed societies that value, protect and strengthen its public media, Ambassador Christoph Eichhorn pointed out and added that Bulgaria is among the countries with strong public media which maintain high level of journalism. 




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