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Politics● Elevated5d ago · Nov 2, 2026, 11:40 AM

Bulgaria's Iotova wins presidential runoff vote amid Black Sea security fears

GlobeAlert Desk · curated from France 24 [en] · Eastern Europe

Bulgaria's President Iliana Iotova, who favours dialogue with Moscow and opposes military aid to Ukraine, won a presidential runoff vote on Sunday. The race for the largely ceremonial post came against a backdrop of a series of drone attacks on commercial vessels in the Black Sea that have raised security concerns.

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