{{Short description|Bulgarian journalist and politician}} {{BLP sources|date=September 2019}} {{Use Indian English|date=September 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Nikolay Barekov | image = Member of the European Parliament for Bulgaria Nikolay Tihomirov Barekov.jpg | office = Member of the European Parliament<br />for Bulgaria | term_start = 1 July 2014 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1972|10|16}} | birth_place = Plovdiv, Bulgaria | party = Reload Bulgaria (2017–present) | children = 5 (including Nikolay Barekov Jr., Alex Barekov, Viktor Barekov) | parents = Tihomirov Barekov and Magdalena Barekova | relatives = Despa Barekova (sister) | term_end = 1 July 2019 }} '''Nikolay Tihomirov Barekov '''({{langx|bg|Николай Тихомиров Бареков}}; born 16 October 1972) is a Bulgarian journalist, politician, and businessman. Since January 2014 he has been the leader of the political party Bulgaria Without Censorship.
== Biography == Barekov majored in Bulgarian philology, specializing in TV journalism. His career as a radio journalist began in 1992, when he joined the "Kanal Kom" (Bulgarian: "Канал Ком") radio in Plovdiv.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.razkritia.com/19841/%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B0-%D0%BB%D0%B8-%D0%B5-%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%8A%D1%82-%D0%BD%D0%B0-%D0%B1%D1%8A%D0%BB%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0-%D0%B6%D1%83%D1%80/|title=Барека ли е Дирекът на българската журналистика?|accessdate=17 May 2014|date=28 November 2009|language=Bulgarian|publisher=razkritia.com|archive-date=13 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130313190600/http://www.razkritia.com/19841/%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B0-%D0%BB%D0%B8-%D0%B5-%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%8A%D1%82-%D0%BD%D0%B0-%D0%B1%D1%8A%D0%BB%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0-%D0%B6%D1%83%D1%80/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Between 2003 and 2010, Barekov presented the morning segment on the BTV channel. He subsequently hosted a number of shows on TV7.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.razkritia.com/19841/%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B0-%D0%BB%D0%B8-%D0%B5-%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%8A%D1%82-%D0%BD%D0%B0-%D0%B1%D1%8A%D0%BB%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0-%D0%B6%D1%83%D1%80/|title=Журналистът Николай Бареков: неделята не е измислена от Кеворк|accessdate=17 May 2014|date=17 March 2012|language=Bulgarian|publisher=vsekiden.com|archive-date=13 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130313190600/http://www.razkritia.com/19841/%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B0-%D0%BB%D0%B8-%D0%B5-%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%8A%D1%82-%D0%BD%D0%B0-%D0%B1%D1%8A%D0%BB%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0-%D0%B6%D1%83%D1%80/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
On 25 January 2014, Barekov founded the Bulgaria without Censorship political party<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.vesti.bg/bulgaria/politika/nikolaj-barekov-iska-da-upravliava-dva-mandata-6003808 |title=Николай Бареков учреди партия и иска да управлява два мандата |accessdate=17 May 2014 |date=25 January 2014 |language=Bulgarian |publisher=vesti.bg}}</ref> and the new political establishment participated in the 2014 European elections as part of a coalition bloc with the nationalist IMRO and other smaller parties,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.standartnews.com/balgariya-politika/_balgariya_bez_tsenzura_vmro_i_zns_veche_ofitsialno_sa_koalitsiya-230019.html |title=България без цензура", ВМРО и ЗНС вече официално са коалиция|accessdate=17 May 2014 |date=16 March 2014 |language=Bulgarian |publisher=standartnews.com}}</ref> earning two seats in the European Parliament and became members of the eurosceptic group of European Conservatives and Reformists.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bnews.bg/article-107712|title=Бареков и Джамбазки отиват при консерваторите в ЕП|publisher=bnews.bg|date=6 June 2014|accessdate=6 June 2014|archive-date=8 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140608101516/http://www.bnews.bg/article-107712|url-status=dead}}</ref> He is consistently ranked as an MEP with one of the lowest attendance rates in roll-call votes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.votewatch.eu/en/term8-nikolay-barekov.html|title=Nikolay BAREKOV – VoteWatch Europe|website=votewatch.eu|access-date=25 May 2016}}</ref> He refused to give a reason for his absence when asked by Euronews.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.euronews.com/2015/01/14/who-are-the-well-paid-meps-failing-to-turn-up-to-vote/|title=Who are the well-paid MEPs not turning up to key votes?|last=Harris|first=Chris|website=euronews|access-date=25 May 2016}}</ref>
Barekov supports the restoration of the monarchy with Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha as Tsar of Bulgaria.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.novinite.com/articles/161112/%27Bulgaria+without+Censorship%27+Leader+Backs+Reinstatement+of+Monarchy|title='Bulgaria without Censorship' Leader Backs Reinstatement of Monarchy - Novinite.com - Sofia News Agency|website=www.novinite.com|access-date=2020-04-28}}</ref>
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