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107,799 Bulgarian citizens have voted abroad by 10 pm Sunday, as voters go to the polling stations on snap parliamentary elections, said the Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Close to two thirds - 63,152 of the votes - have been cast in Turkey, said the Ministry.
9,988 Bulgarians have voted in Spain, and 4,851 in the UK, with 3,119 of them voting in London.
3,376 voted in Cyprus, 3,169 in Belgium, 2,925 in Greece, 2,764 in France1,896 in Germany, 1,623 in France, according to the Ministry's data.
During the day, huge lines of voters have formed in front of large polling stations such as the ones in London and Vienna, according to media reports.
The Foreign Affairs Ministry further has added that the election day abroad is going on normally with no significant violations.
Voting, which ends at 8 pm local time, has already concluded in Asia and most of Europe and continues in the US and Canada, with the last polling stations to close in the US state of California around 6 am EET Monday.
A little bit below 7 M voters are registered for the May 12 parliamentary elections in Bulgaria.
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The United States military has undertaken a significant interception operation, intercepting and destroying over 80 attack drones and at least six ballistic missiles aimed at Israel from Iran and Yemen
In a significant move towards bolstering security in the Black Sea region, the Turkish Parliament has ratified a memorandum paving the way for the establishment of a Mine Countermeasures Naval Group
Iran launched a significant attack on Israel, firing numerous drones and missiles, which both Tel Aviv and Tehran confirmed. The attack was purportedly in retaliation for Israel's assault on the Iranian consulate in Damascus, resulting in casualties
In response to escalating tensions and growing concerns over a potential Iranian attack, the United States has taken decisive action by deploying two warships to the Middle East
The United States, Britain, and France have issued advisories urging their citizens to avoid travel to Iran, Lebanon, Israel, and the Palestinian territories in the coming days
EU Energy Commissioner Kadri Simson stated that by the conclusion of the previous month, gas reserves across the EU had reached a historical peak for this time of year, standing at 58% capacity
Ivan Portnih, candidate of Bulgaria’s formerly ruling center-right party GERB, has won the battle for mayor of the coastal city of Varna by a slim margin.
Two candidates are vying to be mayor of Bulgaria's third-largest city and summer capital, Varna on the Black Sea coast.
The Sofia City Prosecutor's Office final count of the alleged illegal ballots discovered at a printing house in Kostinbrod hours ahead of the May 12 early elections is 480 000.
The number of apparently illegally printed ballots for Bulgaria's May 12 early general elections has swollen to at least 400,000, according to an announcement by the prosecution.
Bulgaria's formerly-ruling, center-right GERB Party has sent its claim contesting and asking to void the May 12 early general elections results to all European institutions.
Bulgaria's Constitutional Court has decided to try the claim contesting and asking to void the May12 early general elections results.
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