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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 2, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2026, editors pick, 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: 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 

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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Bulgaria 

Latest drone attack off Bulgaria’s coast sparks new wave of political reactions ahead of finale of presidential elections

October 28, 2026October 28, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2026, Iliana Yotova, Russia, Ukraine

The latest drone attack on a merchant ship off Bulgaria’s coast, on the Contship Jet on October 28, sparked a

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s 2026 Presidential elections: Democratic Bulgaria, WCC see Yotova’s result as indictment of Radev government

October 26, 2026October 26, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2026, Iliana Yotova, Roumen Radev

The first-round results in Bulgaria’s 2026 presidential elections amount to an indictment of President Roumen Radev’s government, in the view

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s 2026 Presidential elections: Radev congratulates Yotova, hits out at Gyurov and ‘assemblage’

October 26, 2026October 26, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2026, Iliana Yotova, Roumen Radev

Bulgarian Prime Minister Roumen Radev congratulated President Iliana Yotova on October 26 “for maintaining her dignity and refusing to engage

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s 2026 presidential elections: Yotova on the defensive over close first-round contest with Gyurov

October 25, 2026October 25, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2026, Iliana Yotova, Russia, Ukraine

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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