The health condition of the great Bulgarian journalist Ivan Garelov remains unchanged. He is currently still in "neuroresuscitation".
This was reported by "Pirogov".
We remind you that the 81-year-old journalist suffered a serious accident by the sea, where he was working on his new book. He was initially admitted to the Burgas District Hospital, but due to the deterioration of his condition, a decision was made to transfer him to Sofia.
Ivan Garelov became famous as the host of the show “Panorama“ of BNT in the 80s and 90s of the last century. In it, he interviewed all the leading Bulgarian politicians and intellectuals during that period. It became known with the phrase: “The time and place of the meeting are known”.
Garelov is a recognized connoisseur of Greece and Bulgarian-Greek relations. He has interviewed a number of Greek statesmen, among them Prime Ministers Constantine Karamanlis, Andreas Papandreou, Konstantinos Mitsotakis / father of the current Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis – note BGNES/, the head of state of Cyprus Archbishop Makarios, the minister of culture and world-famous singer and actress Melina Mercouri, etc.
At the head of “Panorama“ remained 21 years, at the beginning of the new millennium he moved to “Nova TV”, which at that time became the property of Greek tycoon Minos Kyriakou.
Garelov is also the author of a series of documentaries, the most famous of which is his film about Cambodia after the victory over the Khmer Rouge. The Bulgarian television crew was the first to enter the country devastated by Pol Pot's genocide.
Last year, the wife of the journalist Donka Stamboliyska died after a short illness.
Ivan Garelov was born on February 6, 1943 in the village of Smilec, Pazardzhik region. Graduated from Sofia State University with a degree in journalism. Since 1972, he has been working at BNT.