Bulgaria's GERB party wins parliamentary election
Bulgaria's centre-right GERB party, led by former Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, has won the country's parliamentary election, according to preliminary results. GERB took 25.4% of the vote, with the reformist We Continue the Change party coming second with 19.9%. Borissov has previously served three separate terms in Bulgaria's top job, but faces a difficult task forming a working coalition, as most other parties have already ruled out working with him. The election was called after the centrist government led by Kiril Petkov lost a no-confidence vote in June amid soaring inflation.