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Bulgaria ex-president wins parliamentary majority
AFP, Published on 20/04/2026
» SOFIA — Bulgarian ex-president Rumen Radev, a critic of the European Union (EU) who has called for renewing ties with Russia, took an absolute majority in parliamentary elections that could spell an end to the country's half-decade of political uncertainty, according to near complete vote results on Monday.
Crisis-hit Bulgaria votes in eighth election in five years
AFP, Published on 19/04/2026
» SOFIA - Bulgarians were voting in the country's eighth election in five years on Sunday, with ex-president Rumen Radev's grouping tipped to win on a pledge to fight corruption, after an anti-graft movement triggered a long political crisis.
Bulgaria votes for fifth time in 2 years under Ukraine shadow
AFP, Published on 02/04/2023
» SOFIA: Bulgarians were voting on Sunday in their fifth general election in two years, amid visible frustration and deep divisions over the war in Ukraine.
At least 45 people killed in bus blaze in Bulgaria
AFP, Published on 23/11/2021
» SOFIA: At least 45 people, including a dozen minors, were killed after a bus caught fire south of the Bulgarian capital early Tuesday morning, officials said.
Covid-hit Bulgaria holds third general election in a year
AFP, Published on 14/11/2021
» SOFIA - Bulgarians vote Sunday for the third time this year, but there was little hope that the latest general election will finally bring a stable government to fight the country's deadliest coronavirus wave.
Bulgaria votes again in a bid to end political deadlock
AFP, Published on 11/07/2021
» SOFIA - Bulgarians go to the polls for a second time in three months on Sunday hoping the political parties can this time agree on a stable government coalition.
Bulgarian PM's party set to top vote but protest parties surge
AFP, Published on 05/04/2021
» SOFIA - The centre-right GERB party of outgoing Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has come first in parliamentary elections with around 25 percent of the vote, according to exit polls published on Sunday evening after polls closed.
EU holds virus talks as Pfizer says vaccine 94% effective
AFP, Published on 25/02/2021
» BRUSSELS - EU leaders met Thursday under the spectre of Europe's sluggish vaccine drive as Pfizer said its Covid jab proved 94 percent effective, raising hopes for mass immunisation campaigns to help end the pandemic.
Tired but defiant: 100 days of protests in Bulgaria
AFP, Published on 17/10/2020
» SOFIA - In a hundred days of sweeping and at times violent protests, thousands of Bulgarians have tightened the screws on the political elite -- but this, they say, is only the beginning.
Navalny allies claim symbolic win in Russian regional vote
AFP, Published on 14/09/2020
» NOVOSIBIRSK, Russia: Russia's political opposition Monday claimed a symbolic victory in regional elections while the ruling party said exit polls showed they were headed for a win in a vote observers said was marred by fraud.