Entity

Bulgaria

A topic on our watch list — we track its coverage across 32 coverage verticals, including Africa, Anti Corruption and Australia Economy.

As of 2 Nov 2026Last evidence 2 Nov 2026

What is happening now

  • Bulgaria's Iotova wins presidential runoff vote amid Black Sea security fears

    Reported event · first reported 1 Nov 2026 to 2 Nov 2026 · 4 claims · best-carried claim: 4 separate publishers

  • 'Consolidation of power': Bulgaria elects Iliana Iotova as first woman president

    Reported claim · first reported 2 Nov 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

  • Bulgaria votes in presidential runoff after tight first round

    Reported claim · first reported 1 Nov 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

  • Greek Containership Sunk by Naval Drones Off Bulgaria as Black Sea Attacks Escalate

    Reported claim · first reported 29 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 4 separate publishers

  • Black Sea drone threats push Türkiye, Romania, Bulgaria toward closer ties

    Reported claim · first reported 27 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 1 separate publisher

All 5 events and claims involving Bulgaria

What changed

  • Attention Rising: 56 mentions on 2 Nov 2026, against 26 on 12 Oct 2026 (+115%).
  • State Last recorded change: wire tier went from watch to flagged on 2 Nov 2026 (2 changes recorded since 21 Oct 2026).
  • Claims 6 claims first reported since 1 Nov 2026.

How well we know this

771 documents · 201 publishers · 8% contain a typed assertion · last evidence 2 Nov 2026

  • Gap: assertion coverage 0.075: about 93% of mentions carry no typed assertion
  • Gap: 9 receipts withheld: no source link (the same rule the topic record applies)

In this snapshot’s daily coverage:

Reported alongside Bulgaria

Names most often reported alongside it; bigger circles and heavier lines mean more shared documents. A dashed circle has no page of its own yet.

RussiaEuropean UnionUkraineRomaniaFranceGermanyBlack SeaPolandItaly
  • Russia · 285 shared documents
  • European Union · 284 shared documents
  • Ukraine · 261 shared documents
  • Romania · 256 shared documents
  • France · 245 shared documents
  • Germany · 216 shared documents
  • Black Sea · 189 shared documents
  • Poland · 169 shared documents
  • Italy · 168 shared documents
  • Spanish · 167 shared documents · no page of its own yet

Story momentum

Rising

The word compares 56 mentions on 2 Nov 2026 with 26 on 12 Oct 2026 (+115%); a change of less than 8% either way reads Steady.

Daily mentions +460% from 18 Sept 2026 to 2 Nov 2026, between 7 and 56 a day

How often tracked coverage mentions Bulgaria, day by day.

Market price, cited

Not priced yet

No open prediction market prices a question materially about Bulgaria yet. Ask about Bulgaria

No market price on file: no prediction market prices a question about this name yet

Coverage volume and market price are separate measures.

For developers

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The figures on this page, as data. The tool returns the full entity record.

Events involving Bulgaria

Most-reported first, then newest. Registered events come from the event record; reported events are groups of claims about one occurrence. Claims are grouped when they were first reported within 2 days of each other and either name at least 2 of the same people, places or things besides this one, or share at least 25% of their wording. Each claim keeps its own record.

  • Bulgaria's Iotova wins presidential runoff vote amid Black Sea security fears

    Reported event · first reported 1 Nov 2026 to 2 Nov 2026 · 4 claims · best-carried claim: 4 separate publishers

    Show the 4 individual claims
    • Bulgaria's Iotova wins presidential runoff vote amid Black Sea security fears · reported by two · first reported 1 Nov 2026 · 4 separate publishers
    • Bulgarians vote in presidential runoff amid security tensions in the Black Sea · single source · first reported 1 Nov 2026 · 3 separate publishers
    • Iliana Yotova wins runoff to become Bulgaria’s first elected female president · single source · first reported 2 Nov 2026 · 2 separate publishers
    • Acting President Iliana Yotova wins Bulgaria’s presidential runoff with between 56.6% and 58.2% of vote · single source · first reported 1 Nov 2026 · 2 separate publishers

  • 'Consolidation of power': Bulgaria elects Iliana Iotova as first woman president

    Reported claim · first reported 2 Nov 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • Bulgaria votes in presidential runoff after tight first round

    Reported claim · first reported 1 Nov 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

    could not check

  • Greek Containership Sunk by Naval Drones Off Bulgaria as Black Sea Attacks Escalate

    Reported claim · first reported 29 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 4 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • Black Sea drone threats push Türkiye, Romania, Bulgaria toward closer ties

    Reported claim · first reported 27 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 1 separate publisher

    single source

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Bulgaria

Entity.

Evidence
771 documents · 201 separate publishers · a mention shows the name is in use, not that any claim about it is true
Standing
A name from our starting list; its record is kept up to date automatically from coverage
Time
first seen 3 May 2026, last seen 2 Nov 2026
Measured
8% of mentions say something specific about it; the rest only name it
As of
2 Nov 2026
18 links from here

Who it moves with: the 10 names are in the map above.

What is claimed about it (8)

  • Reported by two: Reported by two sources that did not copy each other.
  • Single source: Reported by one source so far.
  • Could not check: We could not count this claim's sources, so we do not say how well it is supported.

Situations it is named in (0)

none on file at this cutoff

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What the coverage says

Recent reporting that names Bulgaria, newest first. Open any row to follow it to the original article.

4 more headlines counted but not shown: no source link on file

Evidence tiers: primary source = an official public record · attributed = a named outlet, receipt linked · lead = observed, not yet receipted.

Markets materially about Bulgaria

Markets whose question is about Bulgaria or names it as a party. Each row says how the market relates to Bulgaria and why. Prices are the market’s own, cited with the venue.

  • 80.5% Yes

    “Will voter turnout in the second round of the 2026 Bulgaria presidential election be 24% or more?”

    Polymarket · priced 2 Nov 2026

    Relation: named in the question · “bulgaria” is named in the question · close date not stated in the question

1 more open market joined to Bulgaria but not about it
  • 65.5% Yes

    “Will Iliana Iotova win the next Bulgarian presidential election?”

    Polymarket · priced 2 Nov 2026

    Relation: mentioned only in passing · the name does not appear as a word in the question; the record joined it another way · close date not stated in the question

What it connects to

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Recorded history

  • 2 Nov 2026

    wire tier changed: watch to flagged

    Previous state held since 19 Oct 2026

  • 2 Nov 2026

    coverage state changed: insufficient_history to rising

    Previous state held since 19 Oct 2026

2 changes recorded since 21 Oct 2026, newest first.

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Story momentum counts mentions in tracked coverage. Prices are the market’s own, cited with the venue. Informational only, not advice. As of 2 Nov 2026.