Irena Krastewa

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Irena Angelowa Krastewa ( Bulgarian Ирена Ангелова Кръстева ; born July 22, 1955 in Sofia ) is a Bulgarian media entrepreneur . She owns the Bulgarian newspapers "Telegraf" (bulg. Телеграф), "Monitor" (bulg. Monitor), "Politika" (bulg. Политика), "Sasada" (bulg. Засада), "Borba" (bulg. Борба), "Meridian mud" (Bulgar. Меридиан мач), as well as the TV channel BBT (Bulgar. ББТ). Irena Krastewa is the owner of the largest printing company in Bulgaria, the “Rodina Publishing and Printing Complex” (Bulgarian ИПК “Родина”). Competing publishers also indicate that it owns a number of newspaper distributors, but there is no evidence of this. Irena Krastewa had also bought the television channel TV5, but this changed hands in May 2009.

Before the fall of the Wall in Bulgaria in 1990, she had studied classical philology and worked as a proofreader for the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences .

Under the government of Simeon Sakskoburggotski , Irena Krastewa was director of the Bulgarian Sports Betting (bulg. Български спортен тотализатор) from 2002 . During this time, the scandal about the attempt to privatize the Sofia sports hall Universiada and the sports complex "Totochance" on the Golden Sands , in which Irena Krastewa, her son Deljan Peevski and the Minister of Sports Vasil Ivanov-Lutschano (Васил Иванов-Лучано ) were involved. An investigative process then came to nothing. She was released from this post in November 2005 because, in her capacity as director of "Olimpika AG", she was involved in opaque business deals with the property of Bulgarian sports federations (sports hall "Universiada" and sports complex "Totochance").

Irena Krastewa is the mother of Deljan Peevski , who is said to have close ties to organized crime .

In the press, it is believed that Irena Krastewa's friendship with Simeon Sakskoburggotski's press officer, Galja Ditschewa, greatly helped her son's first appointment as parliamentary state secretary.

media

Irena Krastewa is the owner of a large media empire. In addition to numerous newspapers, it has a large printing company and a press distribution network, as well as television channels. Her son Deljan Peewski actually runs the company. Although his name as the owner hardly appears anywhere in these media, he sets the editorial direction and determines the personnel policy. He fires and hires the journalists.

The media controlled by Irene Krastewa and her son Deljan Peewski include the newspapers:

  • Telegraph (Bulgarian Telegraph)
  • Monitor (Bulgarian Монитор)
  • Politika (Bulgarian Политика)
  • Weekend (Bulgarian Уикенд)
  • Vseki den (bulg. Всеки ден)
  • Meridian mud (Bulgarian Меридиан мач)
  • Borba (bulg. Борба) - a regional newspaper in Veliko Tarnovo
  • Tschernomorski far (bulg. Черноморски фар) - a regional newspaper in Varna
  • Minache gedini (Bulgarian Минаха години)
  • Wtora mladost (Bulgarian Втора младост)

and the TV channels:

  • TV7 (ТВ7)
  • ББТ
  • TV 7 News (Нюз7)

as well as the website:

  • BNEWS
  • Всеки ден

After a review, the public prosecutor announced in 2009 that the money with which Irena Krastewa had bought her media and later also became the majority owner of the large printing company "Rodina" was clean. The question arose because Irena Krastewa, as an employee of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, could never have earned enough money to buy what is now her media group. So it made sense that someone was behind her who the money came from.

The newspapers are grouped in the New Bulgarian Media Group (bulg. Нова българска медийна група; Eng. New Bulgarian Media Group Holding; NBMG), which is partly backed by the DPS party . The extent to which mother and son are only brought forward by the DPS as owners is the subject of speculation in Bulgaria.

Irena Krastewa bought her first newspapers in 2007. She bought the newspapers “Telegraf”, “Monitor” and “Politika” through the New Bulgarian Media Group of Petjo Blaskow (Bulgar. Петьо Блъсков). Later she bought herself through the same media group from the newspaper "Meridian mud". For participation in the newspaper “Expres” and the television stations “TV7” and “Sport7”, she used the company “Kraun media”, which belong to the group of politicians and party leader of the DPS Ahmed Dogan party .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Reinhard Veser: Citizens against the Mafia. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, July 10, 2013.
  2. ↑ Tim Gerrit Köhler: Protests in Bulgaria against the head of government. Loss of confidence at a record pace. ( Memento from June 23, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) ARD, tagesschau.de, June 21, 2013.
  3. ↑ Michael Gahler, MEP and Security Policy Spokesman for the EPP Group in the European Parliament: Democracy at risk - Bulgaria threatens Ukrainian and Romanian conditions. Press release June 14, 2013.
  4. ↑ Milen Radev: News from the land of roses and muscle men. de-zorata.de June 14, 2013.
personal data
SURNAME Krastewa, Irena
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Krastewa, Irena Angelowa (full name); Кръстева, Ирена Ангелова (Bulgarian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bulgarian media entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH July 22, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Sofia