ABSTRACT
This chapter looks at the news media in Bulgaria and focuses on the print media as they are the subject of the subsequent analysis. It considers the nature of the Bulgarian media exploring the distinctive features of the 'new media' as opposed to the communist predecessors. The chapter assesses the developments that have taken place in the media field after 1989 up until 2000 and their implications for both press and television in Bulgaria. It outlines the main trends in the development of the Bulgarian media after 1989 drawing a comparison between their characteristic features and the ones of the so-called old media. The chapter illustrates clearly the differences in the media cultures in Bulgaria and Britain. It analyzes to assist the understanding of the nature of the relationship between the print media and the foreign policy-making first in Bulgaria and then in Britain in the context of the Kosovo crisis.
