Polling stations open for Bulgaria's presidential runoff

Voters in Sofia cast their ballots on Sunday  as polling stations open for the second round of the presidential election, in which incumbent President Iliana Iotova will face her main rival, Andrey Gyurov.

Polls opened at 7 am and will close at 8 pm local time, with voting able to continue until 9 pm at polling stations where voters are still waiting in line. Iotova won 35 percent of the vote in the first round last week, with Gyurov on 32 percent -- a much narrower gap than the 20-point lead for Iotova predicted by opinion polls.