Getting your player ready...
SOFIA, Bulgaria — The ruling conservative party’s candidate declared victory Sunday in the presidential runoff after exit polls indicated he had won handily and his Socialist challenger conceded defeat. A win by Rosen Plevneliev means the ruling GERB party now controls all the major posts in Bulgaria, which will bolster its push for painful economic reforms in the struggling country, where the average monthly salary equals $485 and unemployment is 11.7 percent.
