Danira Boukhriss Terkessidis (

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, 12 August 1990) is a Flemish television presenter and newscaster. Boukhriss studied modern languages and literature (Dutch, English and Spanish) at the

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, and has been working for the Flemish public television broadcaster VRT since 2012. She first worked behind the scenes for the tourist series ''Vlaanderen Vakantieland'' and then moved to VRT News in mid-2013, where she mainly worked as a television reporter for ''Het Journaal''. In 2015, she came into the spotlight when suffering racist abuse due to her mixed Greek and Moroccan origin while covering a Pegida demonstration. In addition to her journalistic work, Boukhriss presented the reportage programme ''Login'' on the Canvas channel from autumn 2013 to autumn 2014. From autumn 2015 to mid-2016 she presented the report programme ''Koppen XL'' on

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. In 2016, she took temporary leave as a reporter for ''Het Journaal'' to participate in the nutrition program ''Over Eten'', with Kobe Ilsen.

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Flemish television presenters 1990 births Belgian people of Greek descent Belgian people of Moroccan descent Living people Vrije Universiteit Brussel alumni {{Belgium-journalist-stub