Bulgarian News Agency

the bulgarian news agency (bta) is bulgaria's national news agency. the bta is now a major and reliable source of information to the print and electronic media, the state bodies and ngos in bulgaria. bta's operation is regulated by a statute adopted by the 36th national assembly on 29 june 1994. the agency is "an autonomous national news organization", whose director general is elected by parliament. the agency's statute guarantees its independent editorial policy and protects it from any economic and political influence. bta's operation is financed from the sale of its information services and products, through advertisements, and through action allocations from the national budget. bta has a large store of reference material. reference bulgaria, which includes data in bulgarian on all bodies of the executive, the legislature and the judiciary, on the political parties and movements, the educational establishments, the media and the diplomatic corps, is available on the internet and i