Editto bulgaro

The Editto bulgaro (English: "Bulgarian Edict"), also referred to as the "Bulgarian Diktat" (Diktat bulgaro) or "Bulgarian Ukase" (Ukase bulgaro) in Italian newspapers, was a statement of Silvio Berlusconi, at the time Prime Minister of Italy, about the behavior of three figures of Italian media and television – namely journalists Enzo Biagi and Michele Santoro and comedian Daniele Luttazzi – which was pronounced during a press conference with Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, at the time Prime Minister of Bulgaria, on 18 April 2002. It was soon followed by the removal of the three from national television.