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Abdul Fattah al-Sisi, former Egyptian military chief, is now poised to win the presidential elections held this week with an overwhelming majority.

Provisional results quoted by state media suggest he received over 96% of the vote, with 24.7 million ballots counted.

Egyptians vote on the final day of the presidential elections on Tuesday, with former army chief Abdul Fattah al-Sisi favored to win.

Amid fears of low voter turnout, the government declared the day a national holiday. As of Monday noon, 12% of eligible voters had cast their ballots, Al-Jazeera reported.

Only 21,810 Bulgarians voted abroad in the European elections, as of 8 pm Bulgarian time.

The highest number of expat votes came from Spain, where 4,537 Bulgarians voted, Dnevnik reported. In Belgium, 2,190 people voted, 1,538 in Greece, 1,911 in Great Britain, 1,498 in France, and 1,571 in Germany.

Media groups in Romania are invited to make public information about shareholding, financing sources, ad payers and join the Coalition for Clean Press, an initiative launched on Thursday by the Academic Society of Romania (SAR), the Center for Independent Journalism (CJI) and Active Watch.

Swedish FM: Quote about Orthodoxy "complete fake"

BELGRADE -- Carl Bildt has rejected as false claims that he said "the biggest mistake of Putin was his return to Orthodoxy, which is worse than Islamic terrorism."

Investigation into Ćuruvija case continues

BELGRADE -- As part of an investigation into the murder Slavko Ćuruvija, his common-law-wife and eyewitness to the killing Branka Prpa will testify on Friday.

Slovenian prime minister resigns

LJUBLJANA -- Slovenian Prime Minister Alenka Bratušek has announced her resignation after a year in office.

Bratušek said she informed the country's president and parliament of her decision.

Slovenia’s Prime Minister has announced her resignation and pressed lawmakers to call early parliamentary elections next month.

Alenka Bratusek, a 44-year-old financial expert, has announced stepping down Saturday after 13 months as the country's Prime Minister, and has officially resigned, Monday.

Bulgarians accused of draining bank card assets as part of an organized criminal gang led by Gheorgui "Mitsubishi" Martov appeared before a US court on Thursday.

Both prosecution and defense were heard at the first court sitting, according to Bulgaria's Dariknews.bg.

Raka Maric: Tifa faked testing on drugs

Mladen Vojicic shall not sing at a reunion tour of the ‘Bijelo dugme’ that organizers plan to hold throughout former Yugoslavia.