Progressive Bulgaria coalition's leader and former President Radev Rumen (C) addresses media after casting at a polling station during Bulgaria's parliamentary elections in Sofia on April 19, 2026. Bulgarians vote in the country's eighth election in five years today, with ex-president Rumen Radev's grouping tipped to win on a pledge to fight corruption, after an anti-graft movement triggered a long political crisis. (Photo by Dimitar KYOSEMARLIEV and Dimitar KYOSEMARLIEV / AFP)