In this Bulgarian name, the patronymic is Nikolova and the family name is Yoncheva.
Elena Yoncheva
MEP
Elena Yoncheva in 2017
Member of the European Parliament for Bulgaria
Incumbent
Assumed office 2 July 2019
Member of the National Assembly
In office 19 April 2017 – 1 July 2019
Personal details
Born
Elena Nikolova Yoncheva
(1964-05-27) 27 May 1964 (age 60) Sofia, Bulgaria
Political 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. She has authored more than 25 TV documentaries on these conflicts including Ukraine, after filming the war in Donbas she was informed that she was not allowed to enter the country anymore.[2] And while reporting from Iraq in 2003, she had a narrow escape from tragedy being rescued from armed civilians by an Iraqi official.[3] In June 2013, she was injured by a tear-gas grenade while reporting from Istanbul, Turkey.[4]
^"Home | Elena YONCHEVA | MEPs | European Parliament". www.europarl.europa.eu. 1964-05-27. Retrieved 2024-04-22.
^"Elena Yoncheva". United Nations Development Program. Archived from the original on December 23, 2005. Retrieved 2006-07-07.
^Petrov, Plamen. "The Bulgarian Press on the War in Iraq". Worldpress.org, April 15, 2003. Retrieved 2006-07-07.
^"Elena Yoncheva was injured by a tear-gas grenade in Istanbul". Dnevnik. Retrieved 2013-09-12.
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