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Three candidates continue competition for Director General of the Bulgarian National Radio

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The Council for Electronic Media have let three out of five candidates for the position of Director General of the Bulgarian National Radio to the third stage of the competition, which involves presenting their concepts of media management.

Those who continue are Milen Mitev (currently acting General Director), Mitko Dimitrov (former head of BNR- Radio Sofia) and Ivo Todorov (former program director of the Bulgarian National Radio).

The final choice will become clear on October 27. The competition was announced after the CEM accepted the resignation of Andon Baltakov as director general of the Bulgarian National Radio.



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