2 days ago · Bulgaria
Bulgarian acting president Iliana Iotova wins run-off election, exit polls show

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SignalsMonitor is following this as a conflict story. South China Morning Post Asia is the outlet attached so far. The reports are tied to Bulgaria. The first report grouped here was at 1 Nov 2026, 19:14 UTC. 2 material updates are listed in the timeline. The headline in use is “Bulgarian acting president Iliana Iotova wins run-off election, exit polls show”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
Bulgaria’s President Iliana Iotova, who favours dialogue with Moscow and opposes military aid to Ukraine, won a presidential run-off vote on Sunday. The race for the largely ceremonial post had pitted Iotova, an ally of Prime Minister Rumen Radev, against Andrey Gyurov, a banker and former caretaker prime minister backed…
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- First reported by South China Morning Post Asia
Bulgarian acting president Iliana Iotova wins run-off election, exit polls show
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- South China Morning Post
- South China Morning PostIliana Iotova wins Bulgaria’s presidential run-off election