Rumen Radev

A survey of Sova Harris agency has predicted a run-off between the candidate of GERB - Tsetska Tsacheva and BSP's candidate - General Rumen Radev.

A dramatic runoff is expected in the presidential elections of Bulgaria, pollster Alpha Research has said.

While the candidate of conservative GERB party, Tsetska Tsacheva, will have a 7.9% lead in the first round according to Alpha Research, the gap between her and socialist-backed opponent Rumen Radev will be around 1 percent, a recent poll, conducted October 08-13, indicates.

If, after the presidential elections on November 6, a run-off is reached between Tsetska Tsacheva and General Rumen Radev, BSP's candidate will win, showed a Gallup survey of electoral attitudes among 998 people in the period October 4-12.

Disappointed Bulgarians who cross the new "I do not support anybody" option on their ballot papers in presidential elections on November 6, may end up inadvertently assisting the strongest candidate, experts have warned.

The Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) leader Korneliya Ninova has said she will not seek support from any other political organization for the upcoming presidential vote.

The BSP's candidate, Maj Gen Rumen Radev, is not supported by other left-wing parties, who pulled out of talks with socialists in the summer, nominating their own candidates.

Novinite publishes profiles of presidential candidates running in the forthcoming elections on November 06.

As many as 24 pairs have registered with Bulgaria's Central Electoral Commission as candidates to run in the presidential elections in November.

"A decisive change is needed and it must happen at these elections. We are the alternative to the government. There is no other alternative," stated the presidential candidate nominated by an initiative committee and supported by BSP General Rumen Radev.

He was adamant that he will have a proactive policy on security.

Bulgaria should develop its own policies and pursue and defend them abroad, and not the other way around, the Air Force's ex-commander and current socialist presidential candidate has said.

In an interview with private bTV station, Maj Gen Rumen Radev has argued the country should act in its own interest, instead of eing imposed decisions. He has not elaborated.

The socialist-backed presidential candidate, Maj Gen Rumen Radev, attended on Sunday a gathering of the "friends of Russia" and addressed the crowd.

Radev spoke of the "hard time in relations between EU and Russia" and argued Bulgaria's role would be to cooperate in overcoming the problem.