Education
Ivo Indzhev graduated history and Arabic language in Moscow and speaks four languages.
Ivo Indzhev graduated history and Arabic language in Moscow and speaks four languages.
He is also an author of best-selling books - since 2009 he has publishing seven books in Bulgarian. As an independent 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. Education
Professional career
1983 – 1987
Correspondent for BTA (Bulgarian Telegraph Agency, Sofia) in Beirut, Lebanon
1990 – 1993
Director general of BTA (Bulgarian Telegraph Agency, Sofia)
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 Association of European Journalists
1995 – 2000
Commentator and analyst at Radio Free Europe
2000 – 2006
Host of the television Show “On Target” on bTV (Bulgarian Television, Balkan News Corporation)
2008 - today
Writing in his own blog.
He has nearly 3,000 posts and about 14 million views by the summer of 2013.
In 2015, his blog has registered already 4,000 publications, 22 million viewers, and more than 100,000 comments. 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, who was running for re-election at that time.
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.