Ralitsa Vassileva

Ralitsa B. Vassileva (, born 8 June 1963) is a Bulgarian journalist. Currently she is lecturer at Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication. Previously she was an anchorwoman on CNN television news from 1992 to 2014 and news director at Bulgarian International Television, BIT between 2015 and 2017.

She has covered the Bosnian War, the Arab–Israeli conflict, and many other major international issues. She has interviewed many world leaders and high-profile figures, including Mikhail Gorbachev, Ariel Sharon, Henry Kissinger, and others.

Career From 1992 to 2014, Vassileva was an anchor for CNN International. Based at the network's global headquarters in Atlanta, she anchored CNN Newsroom, previously known as World Report.

Vassileva anchored coverage of many major international news stories including most recently the Chilean miner rescue, the Iran student protests and Israel's Gaza offensive. In addition to her anchoring duties, Vassileva has reported in the field from places like Moscow, Jerusalem and the United Nations. She has also done long-form documentaries like her half-hour special on the 20th anniversary of the fall of Communism in her native Bulgaria. in a real-life outtake of her anchoring CNN's World News. She says "Britain's Queen Elizabeth will deliver a televised address Friday, the royal family has been accused of not showing enough remorse over Princess Diana's death".