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Politics | July 5, 2025, Saturday // 20:23
Bulgaria's Restive Varna to Vote for Mayor
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The Varna city council. Photo by BGNES
Saturday is the so-called "day of reflection" ahead of Sunday's mayor election in Bulgaria's third-largest city of Varna.
The Varna rallies triggered Bulgaria's January and Feburary 2013 protests that led to the resignation of then-PM Boyko Borisov and calling of early elections May 12.
They also tragically included a number of fatal self-immolations, many of them due to poverty and personal distress.
9 candidates are running in Sunday's vote.
They include former ruling GERB party candidate Ivan Portnih and local businessman Veselin Mareshki.
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