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Bulgarian, Italian military to travel on national roads for planned exercise

April 22, 2026April 22, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff

Military personnel and equipment from the 61st Stryama Mechanised Brigade and Italian military personnel from the Multinational Battle Group will

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Borissov on Bulgarian election result: GERB-UDF will be ‘constructive opposition’

April 21, 2026April 21, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2026, Roumen Radev

Speaking on April 21 in his first formal statement since Bulgaria’s parliamentary elections two days earlier, Boiko Borissov said that

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Bulgarian elections: Radev’s party set for majority in five-party Parliament – preliminary results

April 20, 2026April 20, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2026

Former president Roumen Radev’s Progressive Bulgaria electoral coalition won Bulgaria’s April 19 early parliamentary elections and was set to have

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Bulgaria’s ex-president Radev claims victory, bullish on election outcome

April 19, 2026April 19, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2026

Bulgaria’s former president Roumen Radev, whose Progressive Bulgaria electoral coalition was set to win the largest number of seats in

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Bulgaria’s parliamentary elections: Interior Ministry says Peevski’s party leads in allegations of vote-buying

April 19, 2026April 19, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2026

A total of 631 reports of vote-buying in favour of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms – New Beginning –

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Bulgaria’s April 2026 elections: Ex-president Radev’s party wins most votes – exit polls

April 19, 2026April 19, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2026, Roumen Radev

Progressive Bulgaria, the electoral coalition around former president Roumen Radev, won by far the largest share of votes in the

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Bulgaria’s April 2026 elections: Strong voter turnout as polls head to a close

April 19, 2026April 19, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2026

With a few hours left before polls were due to close in Bulgaria’s April 19 early parliamentary elections, the Central

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Voting underway in Bulgaria’s eighth parliamentary elections since 2021

April 19, 2026April 19, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2026

Voting has got underway in Bulgaria’s April 19 2026 elections, the eighth time since April 2021 that Bulgarians are electing

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Bulgarian Navy team destroys drone on beach in Shabla municipality

April 18, 2026April 18, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff

A Bulgarian Navy specialist team on April 17 destroyed a drone that washed up on the beach in the village

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