PRESIDENT WINS SECOND TERM IN RUN-OFF ELECTION

BLED Slovenia’s President Borut Pahor was re-elected to a second term Sunday after winning a run-off election against a former comedian who currently serves as the mayor of a northern town.

Pahor, 54, a veteran politician known as the “King of Instagram” for his frequent use of social media, won 53 per cent of the vote while challenger Marjan Sarec had 46 per cent, according to preliminary results released by Slovenia’s election authorities with most of the ballots counted.

Sarec conceded defeat and congratulated Pahor, but also said that his success as a relative political newcomer showed that Slovenian citizens wanted change.

“My result is good, it speaks for itself,” Sarec said following the vote.