The fourth day of the National Program course “National priorities and national decisions” was dedicated to the media and the links media – politics. The lecturer from the Sofia University Mr. Orlin Spassov, who is the executive director of the “Media democracy” Foundation, and Mr. Ivan Radev from the Association of the European Journalists in Bulgarian presented current researches about the media environment in the country. They described the problem areas and suggested solutions. The panel was moderated by the journalist Mr. Ivan Michalev.

In the afternoon Mr. Boyko Vasilev, the TV Presenter of Panorama TV Broadcast at the Bulgarian National Television, gave to the participants practical advises how to defend a thesis in 30 seconds. The trainees participated into a TV debate on a topic “Pros and cons smoking on public places”.