She has interviewed many world leaders and high-profile figures, including Mikhail Gorbachev, Ariel Sharon, Henry Kissinger, and others.
[3] 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.
[3] Vassileva's long career at CNN began with coverage of the conflicts in the former Yugoslavia, the Middle East, as well as Russia's transition to democracy and the Good Friday Agreement.
Vassileva has also anchored CNN's coverage of the UN weapons inspection crisis in Iraq, the September 11 attacks on the United States, the war against terrorism and the ongoing military offensive in Afghanistan.
In 2001, the American University in Bulgaria awarded Vassileva an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters for her contributions to journalism.