Nikolay Barekov

Nikolay Barekov
Personal details
Born 16 October 1972
Banya, Karlovo Municipality, Plovdiv Province, Bulgaria
Nationality Bulgarian
Profession Journalist, Politician, Businessman

Nikolay Tihomirov Barekov (Bulgarian: Николай Тихомиров Бареков) (born 16 October 1972) is a Bulgarian journalist, politician, and businessman. Since January 2014 he has been the leader of the political party Bulgaria Without Censorship (Bulgarian: "България без цензура").

Biography

Barekov majored in Bulgarian philology, specializing in TV journalism. His career as a radio journalist began in 1992, when he joined the "Kanal Kom" (Bulgarian: "Канал Ком") radio in Plovdiv.[1]

Between 2003 and 2010, Barekov presented the morning segment on the BTV channel. He subsequently hosted a number of shows on TV7.[2]

On 25 January 2014, Barekov founded the Bulgaria without Censorship political party[3] and the new political establishment participated in the 2014 European elections as part of a coalition bloc with the nationalist IMRO and other smaller parties,[4] earning two seats in the European Parliament and will be members of the eurosceptic group of European Conservatives and Reformists.[5]

Barekov supports the restoration of the monarchy with Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha as Tsar of Bulgaria.[6]

Barekov is a controversial (political) figure and he is often in the center of media scandals related to campaign funding. Although he publicly supports investigating other political figures' fundings, his openness is limited to press conference statements and so far was never followed by a clear demonstration of his "clean hands". He is frequently cited in Bulgarian media in relation with corruption and oligarchy and he is publicly despised for adjusting his views according to the situation at hand.

References

  1. ↑ "Барека ли е Дирекът на българската журналистика?" (in Bulgarian). razkritia.com. 28 November 2009. Retrieved 2014-05-17.
  2. ↑ "Журналистът Николай Бареков: неделята не е измислена от Кеворк" (in Bulgarian). vsekiden.com. 17 March 2012. Retrieved 2014-05-17.
  3. ↑ "Николай Бареков учреди партия и иска да управлява два мандата" (in Bulgarian). vesti.bg. 25 January 2014. Retrieved 2014-05-17.
  4. ↑ "България без цензура", ВМРО и ЗНС вече официално са коалиция" (in Bulgarian). standartnews.com. 16 March 2014. Retrieved 2014-05-17.
  5. ↑ "Бареков и Джамбазки отиват при консерваторите в ЕП". bnews.bg. 6 June 2014. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
  6. ↑ http://www.novinite.com/articles/161112/'Bulgaria+without+Censorship'+Leader+Backs+Reinstatement+of+Monarchy

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