site.btaUPDATED Award-winning Journalist Daniela Kaneva Dies at 87

Bulgarian National Television (BNT) journalist Daniela Kaneva died at age 87, niece Lidia Kaneva told BTA Thursday.

Kaneva was a trail-blazer at BTA and BNT with her documentaries and interviews from various hotspots around the world, the press release said. She specialized in matters of Indian and Japanese culture.

Kaneva began working with BTA and BNT in the 1970s. She was BTA's correspondent to Japan, becoming the first Bulgarian correspondent there - and the first foreign journalist accredited to Japan. In 2011, she received the Order of the Rising Sun, with Gold and Silver Rays, for her remarkable contribution to the strengthening of Bulgarian-Japanese relations, BNT recalled.

In 2020, she received the Badge of Honour of the President of Bulgaria for her significant contribution to Bulgarian journalism.