{
  "id": 16488407,
  "title": "Bulgarians Vote for President as Black Sea Drone Strikes Escalate",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/25/bulgarians-vote-for-president-as-black-sea-drone-strikes-escalate",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-25T14:10:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Kyiv Post",
    "slug": "kyiv-post",
    "url": "https://www.kyivpost.com/post/88111"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Bulgarians are voting in presidential elections on Sunday, Oct. 25, amid regional security strains following fatal drone strikes on commercial cargo ships off Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast. Acting President Iliana Iotova leads polling at 41 percent over pro-Western former caretaker prime minister Andrey Gyurov at 28 percent, with a runoff set for Nov. 1 if no candidate secures an absolute majority.…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}