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Bulgarian Prime Minister Roumen Radev congratulated President Iliana Yotova on October 26 “for maintaining her dignity and refusing to engage
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Opinion polls after voting ended in the first round of Bulgaria’s 2026 regular presidential elections have left incumbent President Iliana
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Emboldened by opinion polling results at the close of the October 25 first round of Bulgaria’s 2026 presidential elections, Andrei
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In the October 25 vote in Bulgaria’s 2026 presidential elections, incumbent head of state Iliana Yotova got 35.3 per cent
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By the late afternoon on October 25 2026, voter turnout in Bulgaria’s presidential elections appeared headed to a record low
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Voting is underway in Bulgaria’s 2026 presidential elections, after polling stations opened at 7am on October 25. Bulgaria’s 2026 presidential
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International stars will feature in the autumn 2026 Plovdiv Jazz Fest, being held at the city’s Boris Christoff House of
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Bulgaria’s Defence Ministry is proposing legislative amendments that will give navy ship commanders and fighter pilots the right to shoot
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Slavi Binev, a controversial business person and former member of the European Parliament and of the National Assembly, was shot
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