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Corruption fuels mistrust in Bulgaria’s eighth election in five years

SCMP Asia / Asia / 1m ago / Agence France-Presse
Corruption fuels mistrust in Bulgaria’s eighth election in five years

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Bulgaria on Sunday held its eighth legislative election in five years, with ex-president Rumen Radev’s grouping tipped to win on a pledge to fight corruption, after an anti-corruption movement triggered a long political crisis. The EU’s poorest member has been through successive governments since 2021, when anti-corruption rallies ended the conservative administration of long-time leader Boyko Borissov. Radev, who ha...

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Bulgaria on Sunday held its eighth legislative election in five years, with ex-president Rumen Radev’s grouping tipped to win on a pledge to fight corruption, after an anti-corruption movement triggered a long political...

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