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Bulgaria’s electoral commission fines three major TV stations for breaking law on exit polls

November 4, 2026November 4, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2026, Media

Bulgaria’s Central Electoral Commission (CEC) has said that it is fining the country’s three major television stations for breaking the

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Pro-Kremlin candidate Yotova wins Bulgarian presidential elections – final results

November 2, 2026November 3, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2026, editors pick, Iliana Yotova

Incumbent president Iliana Yotova won the presidential run-off against former caretaker prime minister Andrei Gyurov, according to final results by

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Bulgaria’s 2026 presidential elections: Radev, Yotova in triumphalist messages as finale shows win for pro-Kremlin ticket

November 1, 2026November 9, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2026, Iliana Yotova, Roumen Radev, Russia, Ukraine

Bulgarian Prime Minister Roumen Radev and President Iliana Yotova exulted in triumphalist messages as exit polls at the close of

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Bulgaria’s 2026 presidential elections: Yotova 52.5%, Gyurov 43.4% in second round – exit poll

November 1, 2026November 2, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2026, Iliana Yotova

Incumbent President Iliana Yotova got 52.5 per cent of the votes in the second and final round of Bulgaria’s 2026

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Bulgaria’s 2026 presidential elections: Second round is attracting higher voter turnout than the record-low first

November 1, 2026November 1, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2026

As voting proceeded on November 1 in the second and final round of Bulgaria’s 2026 presidential elections, there were signs

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Bulgaria holds November 1 presidential election runoff

November 1, 2026November 1, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2026

November 1 sees the second and final round of Bulgaria’s 2026 presidential elections, between the two candidates – incumbent head

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Bulgaria’s 2026 presidential elections: Three former PMs, two former presidents endorse Gyurov

October 30, 2026November 1, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2026, Iliana Yotova, Roumen Radev, Russia, Ukraine

Two days before Bulgarians vote in the second and final round of the 2026 presidential elections, three former prime ministers

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Bulgaria’s 2026 presidential elections: Notes from the Gyurov – Yotova debate

October 30, 2026October 30, 2026 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria elections 2026

The rival candidates in the second and final round of Bulgaria’s 2026 presidential elections – incumbent head of state Iliana

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Bulgaria’s 2026 presidential elections: Controversy as electoral commission clears PM Radev of illegal canvassing

October 28, 2026October 28, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2026, Iliana Yotova, Roumen Radev

In a highly controversial, narrowly-voted, decision on October 28, Bulgaria’s Central Electoral Commission (CEC) cleared Prime Minister Roumen Radev of

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