Gergana Krasteva

Gergana Krasteva | Senior Foreign News Reporter

Gergana is Metro UK's first senior foreign news reporter. She has carried out on-the-ground reporting in Lebanon, France, Moldova and Georgia, including the occupation line with South Ossetia. She is a John Schofield Trust 2023 fellow and a Digital Sherlock with the Atlantic Council's Digital Forensic Research Lab.

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Sinbad submarines docked. Release date March 27 2025. A British holiday-maker who travelled onboard the doomed Sindbad submarine which sank killing six passengers just three days ago today (thurs) told of her shock at the tragedy. Kelly Collins, 32, descended 25 metres below the surface in the sub on Monday, March 24. Now, the ?shocked? HGV driver, who was on holiday with her partner, says she?ll never go on a submarine again. Kelly, from Wigan, Greater Manchester, decided to go on the sub with her partner Sharon, 54, after they saw the experience advertised on social media. She said: ??I?m shocked, saddened and in disbelief to hear the news about the poor people on the submarine.

What we know about Sindbad tourist submarines that sank in Hurghada

Channel: World World 1 day ago By Gergana Krasteva
DONETSK OBLAST, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 17: Ukrainian soldiers of the 117th Brigade fire D-30 artillery in the direction of Pokrovsk, Ukraine on 17 February 2025. (Photo by Diego Herrera Carcedo/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Britain and France sending military teams to Ukraine to 'deter' Putin

Channel: UK UK 1 day ago By Gergana Krasteva
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Two children among dead on submarine 'carrying 45 Russian tourists' in Egypt

Channel: World World 1 day ago By Gergana Krasteva
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Muslim PhD student on her way to Iftar ambushed by Trump's immigration agents

Channel: US US 1 day ago By Gergana Krasteva
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Nato backtracks on claims four missing US soldiers were found dead in Lithuania

Channel: World World 1 day ago By Gergana Krasteva
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Iran unveils secret underground city armed with thousands of missiles

Channel: World World 2 days ago By Gergana Krasteva
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Men on an incel website reveal what they really think about women

Channel: UK UK 2 days ago By Gergana Krasteva
This photo taken on September 29, 2024 shows Iwao Hakamada (C)

World's longest death row inmate given 3p for every minute he spent in prison

Channel: World World 2 days ago By Gergana Krasteva
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Mother who 'forced own child to wear dead dog's shock collar' pictured

Channel: US US 6 days ago By Gergana Krasteva
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Mystery over Ukrainian OnlyFans model found with critical injuries in Dubai

Channel: World World 6 days ago By Gergana Krasteva
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Woman and man made 'thousands of pounds torturing pets for crush fetish videos'

Channel: World World 6 days ago By Gergana Krasteva
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Pope Francis makes first public appearance in six weeks after health crisis

Channel: World World 5 days ago By Gergana Krasteva
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Heathrow fire that left 200,000 passengers stranded under urgent investigation

Channel: UK UK 6 days ago By Sam Corbishley

Russian anti-war activists reveal what it's like being 'de facto stateless'

Channel: World World March 15, 2025 By Gergana Krasteva
Play Video epa11958504 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks at a press conference in Kyiv, Ukraine, 12 March 2025. President Zelensky informed journalists about the results of the US-Ukrainian talks in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. EPA/STRINGER

Zelensky claims Putin is preparing to refuse ceasefire but is 'afraid to tell Trump'

Channel: World World March 13, 2025 By Gergana Krasteva
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US facing new Prohibition Era after Donald Trump's latest rant about alcohol

Channel: US US March 13, 2025 By Gergana Krasteva
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What Putin's military uniform says about Ukraine's ceasefire proposal

Channel: World World March 13, 2025 By Gergana Krasteva
This handout photograph released by the State Emergency Service of Ukraine on March 11, 2025, shows firefighters extinguishing a fire following a strike in Odesa, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Handout / STATE EMERGENSY SERVICE OF UKRAINE / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / State Emergency Service of Ukraine " - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS (Photo by HANDOUT/STATE EMERGENSY SERVICE OF UKRAINE/AFP via Getty Images)

Why Putin faces 'moment of truth' over Ukraine's ceasefire proposal

Channel: World World March 12, 2025 By Gergana Krasteva
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Australia's Gold Coast has all but disappeared after Tropical Cyclone Alfred

Channel: World World March 12, 2025 By Danny Rigg
Play Video Russia escalates overnight attacks on Ukraine, killing and wounding crew and port workers in Odesa grain ship strike, destroying homes in Dnipro, Kharkiv, Sumy and hitting Krivyi Rih

Putin unleashes wrath on Zelensky's hometown after Ukraine accepts 30-day ceasefire

Channel: World World March 12, 2025 By Katie Boyden