—❗️🇧🇬 NEW: The Bulgarian Ministry of Interior has seized up to 1 million euros from vote-buying schemes, the caretaker PM announced.

➡️ Bulgaria is just a few days away from the parliamentary elections on April 19.

ℹ️ Information reported by our source in Bulgaria.

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—🇷🇸❌🇭🇷🇦🇱🇽🇰 NEW: Milorad Dodik claims Republika Srpska is “fundamentally threatened” by the military alliance between Croatia, Albania and Kosovo, calling it a pact “against the Serb people”

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—❗️🇩🇪/🇷🇴 NEW: A Rheinmetall representative in Romania said the German group aims not only to build new plants but to “build the future of Romanian engineering and defence industry,” adding it wants “Made in Romania” to become a standard of excellence across NATO armies.

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—❗️🗳🇧🇬 POLITICO: Rumen Radev is on course to win Bulgaria’s election this weekend, pledging to take on the country’s oligarchs and mafia.

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—🗳🇧🇬 Considering the political scenario and the polls, it's very likely that we are going for a 9th election after April 19th

➡️ Rumen Radev's party (that is in first place based on the polls) announced that they will not make a coalition with GERB or DPS, meanwhile PP-DB have criticized Radev and will not make a coalition with him.

ℹ️ Information reported by our source in Bulgaria.

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—UPDATE: One subscriber added that some Bulgarian analysts predict PB-Revival coalition, since they are both pro-Russian.

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—❗️🗳🇧🇬NEW: Market Links' poll projecting 109 seats for PB and 16 for Revival, enough for a government coalition, a subscriber reports.

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—🇹🇷/🇧🇦 NEW: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met members of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s presidency on the sidelines of the Antalya Diplomacy Forum, discussing bilateral ties and plans to deepen political and economic cooperation.

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—❗️🗳🇧🇬 NEW: Skepticism regarding Radev in EU media is already growing, a subscriber reports.

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—🗳🇧🇬 REUTERS: As Bulgaria heads to polls, former president Rumen Radev, is leading the race as he positions himself as the sole EU leader willing to improve relations with Moscow.

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—❗️🇲🇩❌🇷🇺 NEW: Moldova has declared the leadership of Russia’s Operational Group of Forces in Transnistria persona non grata, barring the commander and senior staff from entering Moldovan-controlled territory and effectively trapping them inside the breakaway region.

➡️ Officials in Chișinău say the officers will be detained and deported without right of return if they attempt to cross into Moldova.

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🇷🇴👮‍♂️🇳🇱 Coțofenești Helmet and two Dacian gold bracelets recovered in the Netherlands and returned to Romania.

The Coțofănești Helmet and two Dacian gold bracelets, stolen in 2025 from the Drents Museum, have been recovered and publicly presented by Dutch police, following a large-scale international operation.

The approximately 2,500-year-old heritage objects were returned by the suspects following procedural agreements with the Dutch Public Prosecutor's Office and were officially handed over to the Romanian authorities.
The investigation continues to recover the third Dacian bracelet, still missing.

The case was handled by a joint Romanian-Dutch investigation team, with the support of Eurojust. The authorities had two main objectives: identifying the perpetrators and recovering the treasure.

The theft, committed in January 2025, involved the use of explosives and targeted the exhibition "Dacia! The Kingdom of Gold and Silver"

According to specialists, the helmet is slightly damaged, but can be completely restored, without permanent losses. The recovered bracelets are in good condition.

The artifacts are to be expertized both in Romania and in the Netherlands.

The Romanian state had previously collected approximately 5.7 million euros in compensation for the theft. Part of this amount will be returned, depending on the restoration costs and the final condition of the pieces.

President Nicușor Dan stressed that the Dacian treasure represents an essential component of Romania's historical identity.

For his part, the Dutch Minister of Culture compared the value of the helmet for Romania to that of the famous painting The Night Watch for the Dutch.

Several suspects have been arrested, and their trial is to begin in Assen. Authorities are still trying to recover all the stolen items and determine the exact circumstances of the robbery.

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—🗳🇧🇬 Today is the day.

🗳🇧🇬 PARTICIPATION UPDATE: The Central Election Commission announced that 12.12% of activity is already registered by 11:00 AM, compared to 9.55% in the 27.10.2024 elections.

ℹ️ Information reported by our source in Bulgaria.

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—🗳🇧🇬/🇺🇸/🇷🇺 ANALYSIS: Rumen Radev is seen by many as a leader respected by Trump and a NATO general, but also respected by Moscow.

➡️ This gives Bulgaria a unique position of neutrality where, supposedly, Bulgarian national interests are the priority.

➡️ However, one must wait to be sure of his real ambitions. He hasn't announced them, so he has room to negotiate with everyone to form a government.

ℹ️ Analysis provided by our source in Bulgaria.

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—🗳🇧🇬 PARTICIPATION UPDATE: Agency "МЯРА" has announced 23,6% vote activity by 13:00 PM.

ℹ️ Information reported by our source in Bulgaria.

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—❗️🗳🇧🇬 Rumen Radev: Bulgaria has the historical opportunity to break the Borisov-Peevski model.

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—🗳🇧🇬 NEW: 103-year-old man exercising his right to vote via mobile ballot in Yambol district.

ℹ️ Information reported by our source in Bulgaria.

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