April 20 (UPI) -- Former president Rumen Radev's Progressive Bulgaria Party has emerged on top in the country's eighth general election since 2021, winning a parliamentary majority of at least 135 with most of the seats counted. The 62-year-old, who has called for friendlier relations with Russia, been critical of European Union sanctions over Ukraine and joined Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban in opposing a $105 billion loan to Kyiv, roundly beat the ruling Democratic Bulgaria-People's