BTA (Bulgarian News Agency)

BTA (Balgarska Telegrafna Agentsia — Bulgarian Telegraph Agency) is Bulgaria's national wire service and the primary English-language source for official electoral and governmental news. In the nomads-and-communities briefing it provided the official vote counts and seat allocations from the 19 April 2026 snap Sabranie election, including Progressive Bulgaria's 44.594% share and 131 seats, and the Central Election Commission's confirmation the following day .

Founded in 1898, BTA is state-owned and operates from Sofia with accredited correspondents across Europe. It publishes in Bulgarian, English and French. For English-language coverage of Bulgarian politics, legislation and elections, BTA wire copy is typically the first authoritative source to reach international desks and is the standard citation for official Bulgarian electoral data.