Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas announced plans for legislative elections in November 2026 and presidential elections in early 2027. The last elections were in 2006, and Abbas has ruled by decree since his mandate expired in 2009.
Bulgaria held its eighth legislative election in five years on Sunday, with ex-president Rumen Radev's Progressive Bulgaria coalition projected to win 35% of votes. The EU's poorest member has experienced political instability since 2021, when anti-corruption rallies ended Boyko Borissov's conservative administration. Radev, 62, a former air force general who served nine years as president, stepped down in January and now leads the centre-left grouping on a platform to rid the country of its oligarchic governance model.
