Elena Yoncheva
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Elena Yoncheva | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Member of the European Parliament for Bulgaria | |
| Assumed office 2 July 2019 | |
| Member of the National Assembly | |
| In office 19 April 2017 – 1 July 2019 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Elena Nikolova Yoncheva 27 May 1964 |
| Party | DPS (2024–present) |
| Other political affiliations | BSP (2017–2024) |
| Domestic partner | Sergey Stanishev (1994–2009) |
| Alma mater | Moscow State University |
| Occupation | Journalist • Politician |
Elena Nikolova Yoncheva (Bulgarian: Елена Николова Йончева; born 27 May 1964) is a Bulgarian freelance journalist and politician who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since 2019.[1]
A former Bulgarian National Television correspondent, Yoncheva has reported from many conflict areas, and has authored more than 25 TV documentaries on these conflicts.
Yoncheva was born on 27 May 1964 in Sofia, to a Bulgarian father, Nikola, and a Russian mother, Larisa.[2] She datеd Sergey Stanishev, former Prime Minister of Bulgaria, between 1994 and 2009; they had known each other since their student years in Moscow, Russia.[3]
Career in journalism
Yoncheva has reported from Kosovo, Algeria, Chechnya, Israel, Somalia, Afghanistan, Iraq, Venezuela, Colombia and other hot spots. Yoncheva has also authored a documentary on the Bulgarian Antarctic base, the Roma in Lom and on other topics.
After filming the war in Donbas she was informed that she was not allowed to enter the country anymore. While covering the Iraq War in 2003, she was captured by armed civilians, but was quickly rescued by an Iraqi official and did not suffer serious injuries.[4] In June 2013, she was injured by a tear-gas grenade while reporting from Istanbul, Turkey.[5]
In 2008, she became a participant in bTV's television series Dancing Stars. Since October 2013, she is co-anchor of TV7's show The Original, together with Ivan Garelov.
Documentaries
Source[6]
- Sarajevo (September 1993)
- Albania Today (November 1993)
- The New Colors of South Africa (May 1994)
- The White Wolves (November 1995) -Covers "foreign mercenaries and volunteers from Russia, Bulgaria, France in the Special Actions Unit of the Serb Army in Bosnia"
- Terror (January 1996) - Covers the First Chechen War
- Welcome to Afghanistan (December 1996)
- Anatomy of Horror (April 1998) - Covers Islamist Fundamentalist terrorism in Algeria
- Border Line (April 1999) - Covers "the development of the Kosovo crisis"
- Shto Sakash? (What do you want?) (July 2001) -Covers "the conflict with NLA - National Liberation Army in Macedonia"
- Join the Team (The Game) (2002)-Six-part mini-series covering the lives of Bulgarian Roma
- The Border - A denouncement the trafficking of migrants through Bulgaria, which is allegedly facilitated by Bulgarian authorities.[7]
