Neda Peliteva Appointed as New Chief Editor of Novinite

Famed Bulgarian journalist Neda Peliteva - recent chief editor of the Klassa daily - has been appointed at the helm of Bulgaria's independent online news agency Novinite.

Founded in 2001, the agency now writes news in Bulgarian, English and Russian (novinite.bg, novinite.com and novinite.ru, respectively).

The English version is an undisputed leader in the Bulgarian market and the most visited and read Bulgarian media source abroad.

The Bulgarian edition recently celebrated its first birthday, while the Russian version was started just a month ago.

The three editions of the agency have close to 3 M unique visits monthly and are constantly developing.

"Novinite is a wonderful agency and my great ambition is to see its Bulgarian version also become a market leader. We will be fast, objective and independent. It is this type of media that Bulgaria needs now," said Peliteva.

Neda Peliteva has made a footprint as a journalist while chief editor of the News and Analyses sections in the Standart daily. She then served as chief editor for domestic news in the Trud daily, and as the chief editor in Express BG.

About Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency): Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency) was founded in 2001 and launched in real time on March 11, 2001. The first issue of the only Bulgarian English-language digital daily, The Sofia Morning News, came out June 1, 2001 г. The weekly edition The Sofia Weekly was created soon after.

About Novinite.bg: Novinite.bg was founded on October 22, 2011. Since then, it has published over 30,000 news items, analytic pieces, dozens of interviews and hundreds of photos. The online weekly Novinite was created February 1, 2012.

About Novinite.ru: Novinite.ru is the first Bulgarian information agency in Russian, and was launched in early 2013.

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