{
  "id": 17558046,
  "title": "Foreign: Runoff election in Bulgaria, who will be the new president?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/01/ausland-stichwahl-in-bulgarien-wer-wird-neuer-prasident",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-11-01T07:29:42.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/international/ausland-stichwahl-in-bulgarien-wer-wird-neuer-praesident/100266408.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "Bulgaria is holding a presidential runoff election, with incumbent Ilijana Jotowa facing off against Andrej Gjurow. Jotowa, supported by the Progressive Bulgaria party and Socialists, received 34.76% of the vote in the first round, while Gjurow, backed by the liberal-conservative opposition, got 31.95%. The election takes on added significance due to the Ukraine war, with Jotowa advocating for a negotiated peace solution with Russia. The outcome will determine whether Jotowa continues the current government's cautious approach, as she was deputy to President Rumen Radew before his resignation.",
  "summary": "Bulgaria is electing a new head of state. The run-off election is looking close. In the first round, President Jotowa achieved a modest result.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}