Bulgarian Journalist Raises Assassination Plot Alert

Ivo Indzhev is pictured here with his latest book “A President on the Edge”, which deals with Socialist President Georgi Parvanov. Photo by BGNES

Ivo Indzhev, one of Bulgaria's most prominent journalists, who was kicked out four years ago from national private bTV for allegedly libeling President Georgi Parvanov, has warned of an assassination attempt being plotted against him.

“Bulgaria's senior prosecutor Boris Velchev has ordered a check of an alert for a planned assassination attempt against me, which was sent by a media,” Indzhev wrote in his blog.

According to the announcement the plot was triggered by the journalist's latest book “A President on the Edge”, which deals with Socialist President Georgi Parvanov.

This is not the first time that the journalist, an emblematic figure for Bulgaria's transition from communism to democracy, and President Parvanov draw the battle lines.

The biggest scandal between the two erupted four years ago when Indzhev still hosted his own Sunday weekly broadcast, aired by the private national bTV channel - "At the bull's eye".

In October 2006 Indzhev cited emails sent to his editorial office claiming that President Georgi Parvanov owns a maisonette in downtown city.

In prompt reaction, the electioneering headquarters of Parvanov circulated a statement denouncing the reports as untrue and "an attempt to provoke a discrediting war".

Indzhev was fired shortly afterwards in a move that he says was orchestrated by the president.

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