Bulgaria’s incumbent President Iliana Yotova won the presidential election on Sunday, helping to cement Ukraine-skeptic Prime Minister Rumen Radev’s grip on power in the euro-area country.

Bulgaria elects its president on Sunday in a test of support for the government, which has denied military aid for Ukraine and sought friendly ties with Moscow.

Bulgaria’s president will be picked in a runoff vote on Sunday after incumbent Iliana Yotova failed to win in the first round marred by low turnout and marked by a shock last-minute surge by her rival who pledged to back Ukraine.

Bulgarian shipbroker Yordan Petrov no longer sends his vessels into the Black Sea, calling the brave few who still do “kamikazes.”

Bulgaria summoned Russia’s ambassador to Sofia after two ships were hit off the country’s coast, as concerns mount over the security of Black Sea shipping.

Bulgaria will summon Russia’s ambassador to Sofia after ships were hit overnight in the immediate vicinity of Bulgarian territorial waters, Prime Minister Rumen Radev said.

Attacks on commercial vessels off the Black Sea’s western coast are on the rise, threatening already-choked trade flows in the region while testing NATO’s readiness to react.

Monaco is among several nations poised to exit a global financial watchdog’s dirty money watchlist next month, marking a change in fortune for the city-state that’s home to the world’s highest concentration of millionaires and billionaires.

The drone that crashed into a sunflower field in Bulgaria early Saturday was most likely a model commonly used by Ukraine, the Bulgarian defense ministry said.

Bulgarian lawmakers approved a US request to station tanker aircraft and military personnel at one of the country’s airports to support operations in the Middle East.

Bulgaria will no longer be a part of the so-called coalition of the willing, a group of nations that support Ukraine against Russian aggression, according to Prime Minister Rumen Radev.

Bulgaria’s new government will oppose sanctions against the head of the Russian Orthodox Church included in the latest European Union package of measures targeting Moscow, the country’s foreign minister said.

Bulgaria’s new government will oppose sanctions against the head of the Russian Orthodox Church included in the latest European Union package of measures targeting Moscow, the country’s foreign minister said.

Bulgaria’s newly-appointed government plans to end providing weapons to Ukraine in a move that would run counter to European attempts to pressure Russia to end the war.

The European Union recommended adding Bulgaria to a list of countries violating budget balance rules just six months after the Balkan country adopted the euro.

The European Union recommended adding Bulgaria to a list of countries violating budget balance rules just six months after the Balkan country adopted the euro.

Bulgarian lawmakers approved on Friday a bill creating an anti-corruption body, a crucial step to unlock hundreds of millions of euros in delayed European Union recovery funding.

The European Union should take the lead in talks with Russia to end its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Bulgaria’s newly-appointed prime minister said, as member states discuss whether to directly engage with the Kremlin.

The US is likely to ask Bulgaria to extend the stay of its tanker aircraft that have been based in Sofia since shortly before it started strikes on Iran, Prime Minister Rumen Radev said.

European Central Bank Governing Council member Olli Rehn warned that data are starting point to stagflation as a result of the Iran war and rising energy prices.