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Burgas, Bulgaria Selected as Host City for Eurovision Song Contest 2027

The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and Bulgarian National Television (BNT) have announced that the city of Burgas will host the Eurovision Song Contest 2027. The event is scheduled to take place from May 12 to 15, 2027, at the Arena Burgas, a sports and entertainment venue…

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2 sources across 2 countries · Spain · United Kingdom

Who reported this

  • El Pais Spain · Centre-left · Grupo PRISA
  • BBC News United Kingdom · Centre · Public · Licence fee, royal charter

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· evening

Drone Likely From Ukraine Explodes Near Bulgarian Gas Pipeline

A drone likely originating from Ukraine exploded on Saturday in a sunflower field near the Bulgarian border with Romania. The blast occurred approximately 1,000 meters from a compressor station of the Trans-Balkan gas pipeline, which connects Ukraine and Turkey. Bulgarian Prime…

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10 sources across 9 countries

Who reported this

  • Sueddeutsche Zeitung Germany · Centre-left · Sudwestdeutsche Medien Holding
  • Frankfurter Allgemeine Germany · Centre-right · FAZIT-Stiftung (foundation)
  • Le Monde France · Centre-left · Fonds pour l'independance de la presse
  • South China Morning Post Hong Kong · Centre-right · Alibaba Group
  • Corriere della Sera Italy · Centre-right · RCS MediaGroup (Cairo Communication)
  • The Japan Times Japan · Centre · News2u Holdings
  • NRC Netherlands · Centre · Mediahuis
  • Aftenposten Norway · Centre-right · Schibsted, Tinius Trust foundation
  • Kyiv Independent Ukraine · Centre · Reader-funded, journalist-owned
  • Associated Press United States · Centre · Non-profit news cooperative

What the colours mean

  • Left
  • Centre-left
  • Centre
  • Centre-right
  • Right
  • A hatched block means the outlet is affiliated with, or controlled by, a state.

Political lean describes where an outlet sits within the politics of its own country. It is never a position on a single global scale.

Political lean is comparable inside one country and not across them, which is why the bar groups by country first. Publicly funded broadcasters are not marked as state-linked.

The owner of each outlet is listed as a matter of record, not as a judgement about the outlet.

· morning

Drone Explodes Near Bulgarian Gas Pipeline and Romanian Border

An unidentified drone carrying a significant amount of explosives exploded in northeast Bulgaria on Saturday morning. Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev stated that the drone entered Bulgarian airspace from the north and detonated in a sunflower field approximately 100 meters…

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9 sources across 8 countries · 1 of them is linked to a state

Who reported this

  • Deutsche Welle Germany · Centre · Public · German federal public-law corporation
  • Frankfurter Allgemeine Germany · Centre-right · FAZIT-Stiftung (foundation)
  • Le Monde France · Centre-left · Fonds pour l'independance de la presse
  • Telex Hungary · Centre · Reader-funded, staff-owned
  • ANSA Italy · Centre · Publisher cooperative
  • Al Jazeera Qatar · Centre-left · State-affiliated · Qatari government funded
  • El Pais Spain · Centre-left · Grupo PRISA
  • Reuters United Kingdom · Centre · Thomson Reuters Corporation
  • Bloomberg United States · Centre · Bloomberg L.P. (Michael Bloomberg)

What the colours mean

  • Left
  • Centre-left
  • Centre
  • Centre-right
  • Right
  • A hatched block means the outlet is affiliated with, or controlled by, a state.

Political lean describes where an outlet sits within the politics of its own country. It is never a position on a single global scale.

Political lean is comparable inside one country and not across them, which is why the bar groups by country first. Publicly funded broadcasters are not marked as state-linked.

The owner of each outlet is listed as a matter of record, not as a judgement about the outlet.

· evening