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The council for Electronic Media has suspended the licenses of TV7, News7 and Super 7, announced BNR.

Four of the five members of the media regulator voted for the motion. The proposal was made by Betina Zhoteva. The Chairman of CEM, Mariya Stoyanova, argued for the decision.

Burgas-based Praimedia EOOD on Tuesday announced it was pulling out of a deal it signed this spring to buy TV7, Super7 and News7 TV stations.

The company cites, in a statement quoted by BGNES wire service, "refusal" by the state to register its new owners over alleged non-compliance with with the Commerce Act of the Republic of Bulgaria.

Two Bulgarian citizens who cooked 17 endangered turtles and ate them have been arrested in the country's southern town of Krumovgrad, police say.

The detainees, aged 59 and 26 respectively, have been charged with trying to exterminate an endangered species, according to private national TV7 channel.

No details about the exact species were immediately available.

As many as 15 porters have entered the headquarters of private national TV7 in Sofia, Bulgaria, to collect equipment after a week-long deadline of debt payment has expired.

Assignees at collapsed Corporate Commercial Bank (KTB) have declined an offer by the management of Bulgarian private TV7 channel to repay the television's debts to the bank's vault, TV7 officials argued on Wednesday. 

Developments at TV7, where a bailiff accompanied by dozens of police officers tried to switch the station off air, are dominating other Bulgarian media outlets on Thursday.

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Two senior Bulgarian police officers have resigned over what Interior Minister Rumyana Bachvarova described as exceeding of powers by police during impounding of assets of Sofia-based TV7 station.

Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boyko Borisov on Wednesday said he had ordered police to leave the headquarters of private TV7 channel in Sofia after increased police presence in the building sparked accusations of infringement on media freedom.

A news bulletin has failed to begin on time at TV7 after a police officer's refusal to leave the studio.

Earlier on Wednesday, a bailiff entered the headquarters of the Bulgarian national private channel to seize its equipment. Reportedly, the ground for her actions is a "litigation".