Russian Foreign Ministry official spokesperson Maria Zakharova stated that Chisinau's decision to declare an embassy employee persona non grata will not go without an adequate reaction from Moscow.
Defence forces hit a chemical and metallurgical plant in Perm Krai. The facility supplies titanium for Russian aviation and rocketry.
The Ukrainian Ombudsman explained that after a ceasefire is established and the road to Oleshky is demined, residents will be offered a choice of evacuation direction, with the US monitoring compliance with the agreement.
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Authorities in Ras Al Khaimah, Umm Al Quwain and Sharjah restricted access to the coastline following an incident involving an oil tanker in the Persian Gulf.
Voting is taking place in Serbia on Sunday in snap parliamentary elections, which are seen as a confrontation between former President Aleksandar Vucic and the student movement.
The capital's Defence Council has decided to partially restrict traffic on the Southern Bridge in the direction from the right bank to the left bank.
The Halychtskyi District Court of Lviv found the driver guilty of customs rule violations for importing a large batch of food. Property with an estimated value of 67,000 hryvnias was seized for the state.
On Sunday, 25 October 2026, the first round of presidential elections officially began in Bulgaria. Polling stations opened their doors to citizens at 7:00 am. This procedure will determine the new head of state, who will hold the office for a five-year term starting in January 2027.
The main feature of this campaign has been the unprecedented number of participants. According to data, 27 candidates are running for the presidential post. This is the highest figure since the country introduced the mechanism of direct presidential elections.
According to the rules, victory in the first round will be won by the candidate who receives more than 50% of valid votes, provided that the overall voter turnout also exceeds 50%. If none of the candidates can meet these criteria, a repeat vote will take place on 1 November. The two candidates who received the most support in the first round will advance to the second round.
As of 22 October, according to the Central Election Commission, approximately 6.59 million Bulgarian citizens have the right to vote. Among them, 46,001 individuals will be voting for the first time.
Electronic voting machines are used at polling stations where more than 300 voters are registered. Such devices have been installed at 9,373 polling stations across the country. Two machines are operating at 2,249 of them, with the total number of technical units deployed amounting to 11,622.
For Bulgarian citizens residing outside the country, 613 polling stations have been opened in 60 states. The possibility of voting using electronic machines is provided at 242 of these polling stations. This technology is being applied for the first time in Warsaw, Bucharest, Bratislava, Budapest, and Helsinki.
Voting will continue until 20:00. If queues remain at the polling stations by this time, the process may be extended, but no later than 21:00. These time limits apply both in Bulgaria itself and at overseas polling stations, according to local time.
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