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Bulgaria elections 2026

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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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Bulgaria’s April elections: 200 000 euro for vote-buying found in Varna, four arrested

April 17, 2026April 17, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2026

Close to 200 000 euro distributed in envelopes along with lists containing personal data of voters were found during searches

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Alpha Research: Radev’s Progressive Bulgaria 34.2%, GERB-UDF 19.5%

April 17, 2026April 19, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2026

With two days to go to Bulgaria’s April 19 early parliamentary elections, a poll by the Alpha Research agency shows

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Market Links poll: Radev’s Progressive Bulgaria 30.8%, GERB-UDF 18%

April 16, 2026April 19, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2026

Ex-president Roumen Radev’s Progressive Bulgaria coalition has 30.8 per cent support among those who intend voting in the early parliamentary

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Bulgaria’s April elections: Caretaker PM warns of scheme to buy votes with counterfeit euro

April 15, 2026April 15, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2026

Ahead of the April 19 parliamentary elections, a scheme to buy votes using counterfeit euro banknotes is being prepared, caretaker

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Bulgaria’s April elections: Million euro seized so far in police operations against vote-buying

April 14, 2026April 14, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2026

Police have confiscated a million euro so far in operations against vote-buying ahead of Bulgaria’s April 19 2026 early parliamentary

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Bulgaria’s caretaker PM: 223 arrested so far for breaching electoral law

April 8, 2026April 8, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2026

A total of 223 people have been arrested so far for breaches of electoral law, Bulgaria’s caretaker Prime Minister Andrei

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