Bulgaria prepares for presidential election runoff

SOFIA, BULGARIA - OCTOBER 24: A general view of presidential election campaign posters displayed along a street in Sofia, Bulgaria, on October 24, 2026, ahead of the second round of the presidential election. The runoff follows the first round held on October 25, in which 27 presidential and vice-presidential candidate pairs competed. Voters will choose between incumbent President Iliyana Yotova and vice-presidential candidate Kiril Valchev, and former Prime Minister Andrey Gyurov and vice-presidential candidate Georgi Kandev, with the winning pair set to serve a five-year term. Dzhanan Mehmed Ismail; Muhammed Doğukan Arangül; Anadolu Ajansı
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