Bulgarians to Pick New President From 21 Candidates

Bulgarians on Sunday choose a new president who will have to face both a possible rise in migrants from neighboring Turkey and growing tensions between Russia and the West. Final results will be announced on Tuesday. For the first time, voting in the presidential election is compulsory. Also on the ballot is a referendum in which the country’s 6.8 million eligible voters are asked to decide electoral process issues. Opinion polls suggest that none of Bulgaria’s 21 presidential...

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