Ivo Indzhev ( Bulgarian: Иво Инджев) is a

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, blogger and former

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. He is also an author of best-selling books - since 2009 he has published seven books in Bulgarian. As a journalist, Ivo Indzhev is one of the Bulgarians authors who are quoted regularly in foreign media, especially when discussing the relations between Russia and Bulgaria. He is the author of commentaries for

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and

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. He is also a deputy chairman of the Ethics Commission in the electronic media –

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in Bulgaria.

Biography

Education

Ivo Indzhev graduated history and Arabic language in

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and speaks four languages.

Professional career

*1983 – 1987 Correspondent for BTA (

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) in

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*1990 – 1993 Director general of BTA (

) *1993 – 1994 Editor in chief of the Bulgarian national daily newspaper “Express” *1994 – 1995 Editor in chief of the Bulgarian national daily newspaper “Demokratsia” (Democracy) *1994 – 1996 Vice president of the

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*1995 – 2000 Commentator and analyst at

*2000 – 2006 Host of the TV Show “On Target” on bTV (Bulgarian Television, Balkan News Corporation) *2008 - today Writing in his own blog http://ivo.bg/. He had nearly 3,000 posts and about 14 million views by the summer of 2013. In 2015, his blog had registered already 4,000 publications, 22 million viewers, and more than 100,000 comments.

TV Show “On Target” scandal

On 8 October 2006, in his to become last edition of the TV show "On Target", of which he was the anchor, Mr. Indzhev asked his guest about information he got by email. The email was about an apartment, which allegedly belonged to the President of the Republic

Georgi Parvanov Georgi Sedefchov Parvanov (, ) (born 28 June 1957) is a Bulgarian historian and politician who was President of Bulgaria from 2002 to 2012. He was elected after defeating incumbent Petar Stoyanov in the second round of the November 2001 pres ...

, who was running for re-election at that time. A couple of days later the contract between Ivo Indzhev and bTV was terminated, after bTV accused him of gross violation of journalistic ethics and basic principles of serious journalism. Mr. Indzhev said that bTV was a subject of pressure from the President's office for months, and the result was inevitable.„Иво Инджев напусна бТВ заради натиск от президентството“
mediapool.bg, 10.10.2006.

Awards

*Awarded a certificate for most nominated person of the year at the 2009

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*Annual awards for contribution to human rights

Books

(in Bulgarian) * * * * * * *

References

External links

Ivo Indzhev's blogIvo Indzhev autobiography
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