{"id":336063,"date":"2026-04-19T15:00:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T14:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/bulgarians-vote-in-high-stakes-election-dw-news\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T15:00:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T14:00:27","slug":"bulgarians-vote-in-high-stakes-election-dw-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/bulgarians-vote-in-high-stakes-election-dw-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Bulgarians vote in high-stakes election | DW News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/3EA6BvE0jyU\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Bulgarians vote in high-stakes election | DW News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3EA6BvE0jyU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Bulgarians are voting in their eighth election in five years. The outcome could potentially reshape the relationship between the EU\u2019s poorest country and both Moscow and Brussels. The result could lead to a victory for a left-leaning, pro-Russian candidate \u2014 creating a headache for the EU, just after Hungary&#8217;s pro-Russian leader Victor Orban was voted out of office.<\/p>\n<p>#bulgaria #election #russia #eu <\/p>\n<p>00:00: European Union watching Bulgaria election closely<br \/>\n01:26 Dimitar Keranov, Eastern European expert at the German Marshall Fund<br \/>\n05:46 Radev victory could strengthen Bulgaria-Russia ties<br \/>\n11:50 Corruption: A key topic in Bulgarian elections<\/p>\n<p>For more news go to: http:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/<\/p>\n<p>Follow DW on social media:<br \/>\n\u25baInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baTikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/deutschewellenews\/<br \/>\n\u25baTwitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/dwnews<\/p>\n<p>F\u00fcr Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/dwdeutsch<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bulgarians are voting in their eighth election in five years. 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