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Bulgaria's centre-right GERB party has a slim lead over the anti-establishment ITN before a July 11 election, an opinion poll showed on Wednesday.

With a few days to go before the official campaigning period ahead of Bulgaria’s July 11 early parliamentary elections, Boyko Borissov’s GERB-UDF electoral coalition has 20.3 per cent of support among those who intend to vote, with Slavi Trifonov’s ITN party close behind at 18.2 per cent, according to the results of a poll released by Alpha Research on June 9. In third place is Kornelia Ninova’s Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) at 14.4 per cent, Democratic Bulgaria (DB) at 11.9 per cent, the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) at 9.9 per cent and the “Rise Up! Mafiosi Out!” c...

By Syndicated Content Jun 9, 2021 | 5:17 AM SOFIA (Reuters) – Bulgaria’s centre-right GERB party has a slim lead over the anti-establishment ITN before a July 11 election, an opinion poll showed on Wednesday. It maintained its lead despite a drop in support since the United States imposed sanctions on two Bulgarian oligarchs and four former and current officials over alleged corruption on June 2. The parliamentary election next month was called after an April 4 election resulted in a deadlocked parliament that failed to produce a government. The president has appointed a...

The United States has slapped economic sanctions on three Bulgarian individuals, including a power broker and a gambling tycoon, as well as dozens of companies they allegedly own or control for their “extensive roles” in corruption in Bulgaria.

The caretaker government started its work with high expectations - to show what can be done, albeit for a limited period, after strong polarization and confrontation in Bulgarian society, said to BNT the sociologist Boryana Dimitrova from...