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Bulgaria Faces Runoff Elections for President Due to Low Voter Turnout

Bulgaria's recent presidential election did not yield a winner, leading to a runoff scheduled for December 1. The incumbent, Iliana Yotova, supported by Prime Minister Rumen Radev's Progressive Bulgaria party, will compete against Andrey Gyurov, the candidate from the pro-Western reformist opposition. Voter turnout was notably low, failing to meet the required threshold for a decisive outcome, which necessitated a runoff. The election took place amid rising economic challenges and security concerns related to the ongoing conflict in Ukraine and tensions in the Black Sea region.

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