Bulgaria's former president tops parliamentary vote

SOFIA, Bulgaria – Bulgarian ex-president Rumen Radev, an EU critic who has called for renewing ties with Russia, on Sunday hailed a “victory of hope” after his formation topped the eighth parliamentary elections in five years. Projections from polling agencies put his Progressive Bulgaria grouping at some 44 percent, which would give him an absolute majority of at least 129 seats in the 240-seat parliament. READ: Bulgaria adopts the euro nearly 20 years after joining the EU The European Union’s poorest member has seen successive governments since 2021, when anti-graft rallies brought down the conservative administration of pro-European leader Boyko Borissov. […]... Keep on reading: Bulgaria's former president tops parliamentary vote

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