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Another Orban? Here's why you should care about Bulgaria's upcoming elections

by Martin FornusekApril 16, 2026

A new Russian-friendly leader may soon emerge in the EU and NATO — this time, in the Balkans. A week after Kremlin ally Viktor Orban lost his reelection campaign in Hungary, Bulgaria's former President Rumen Radev is poised to win the April 19 snap parliamentary election. Radev, Bulgaria's two-term head of state, resigned in January to lead his new Progressive Bulgaria coalition into the country's eighth parliamentary elections since 2021, quickly surging in the polls. As president, Radev has

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Climate policy becomes new front in Ukraine-EU economic tensions

The latest source of friction between Ukraine and the EU is climate rules and unhappy steel producers, as the country’s membership goals collide with its wartime realities. Ukrainian officials are in Brussels this week to discuss the EU's carbon border policy that Kyiv argues that it is hitting its war-battered steel industry and economy. At the center of those discussions is the EU's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism — known as CBAM — which is designed to prevent "carbon leakage" — or pushin

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EU envoys back 90 billion euro Ukraine loan as Hungary, Slovakia say Druzhba oil transit resumed

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Ukraine returned over 2,100 Ukrainian children abducted by Russia, Zelensky says

Out of the 2,100 children, 150 have been returned to Ukraine since the beginning of 2026.

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EU ambassadors back 20th package of Russia sanctions after Hungary, Slovakia drop veto

EU ambassadors agreed on the 20th package of sanctions imposed against Moscow in response to its full-scale invasion of Ukraine on April 22, after Hungary and Slovakia lifted their veto over the measures.

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General Staff: Russia has lost 1,321,450 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022

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