Kiril Valchev

Kiril Valchev

Director General

Bulgarian News Agency - BTA, Bulgaria

Kiril Valchev is a Bulgarian lawyer and journalist. He was born on May 24, 1973, in Sofia, Bulgaria. As a lawyer, he has specialized in the field of intellectual property, media, commercial and civil law. A long-time anchor of TheWeek and TheYear political talk-shows at national Darik Radio.
Director General of the Bulgarian News Agency (BTA) since January 27, 2021, elected for a term of five years with full majority by the 44th National Assembly of the Republic of Bulgaria, supported by 105 MPs, none abstained or against.
Since 2022 Mr. Valchev is Secretary general of the ABNA-SE association (Association of the Balkan news agencies, Southeast Europe).