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Bulgaria's Yotova narrowly leads Gyurov in first round of presidential election, according to exit polls

The campaign has focused on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and an increase in drone attacks on commercial vessels off Bulgaria's coast in the Black Sea, as well as rising energy prices and inflation.

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00:01Citizens in Serbia rushed out early Sunday morning to vote in large numbers in the parliamentary elections,
00:07which are widely viewed as a referendum on Aleksandr Vucic.
00:10The Serbian President's party is facing off against the student list,
00:14which is seen as a continuation of the opposition movement that emerged after the tragedy in Novi Sad.
00:21Local analysts estimated that voter turnout in the first three hours of voting
00:26was more than double that of the 2023 elections.
00:30Citizens in Bulgaria were also called to the polls on Sunday to elect the Balkan country's next president.
00:37Of the 27 candidates, the frontrunners are outgoing President Ilyana Yotova,
00:42who is backed by Prime Minister Rumen Radev's pro-Russian party,
00:46and former caretaker Prime Minister Andrey Guirov, who is backed by pro-European opposition parties.
00:53The election campaign focused on the cost of living and security.
01:00The red flag is open,
01:00and the bet is which there are more than 10 of the pogroms.
01:01The law is also known that the rioters were able to do it,

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