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The second-biggest opposition party of Bulgaria, the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS) has endorsed former PM Plamen Oresharski in the presidential elections.

Controversial lawmaker and alleged media mogul Delyan Peevski has said he has renounced three of his offshore companies.

In a declaration under conflict of interest law submitted last week, he states he has sold Redwood Capital Ltd., Uno de senso Group Ltd., and Richi International Ltd.

Lyutvi Mestan, the former head of Bulgaria's second-largest opposition party DPS, vowed to stay in politics despite recent developments.  

Police have detained 280 foreign nationals illegally residing in Bulgaria following Friday's deadly attacks in Paris.

Police and security agency DANS launched a joint operation in the regions lying on the route of illegal migrants crossing from Turkey and entering Serbia: Burgas, Yambol, Haskovo, Pazardzhik, Vratza, Montana and Vidin.

A grenade launcher has been used near the home of an ex-security agent immediately next to the central area of Bulgaria's capital Sofia, officials have confirmed.

It is unclear whether the attack was targeting Alexei Petrov himself, a former employee of national security agency DANS widely suspected of having ties to the criminal underworld.

Dimitar Georgiev is the new chief of Bulgaria's domestic security agency DANS.

President Rosen Plevneliev has issued a decree for the appointment of Georgiev as Chairman of the State Agency for National Security known by its Bulgarian acronym DANS, according to a press release issued by the president's press office on Friday.

Alexei Petrov, a former employee of the national security agency DANS, has been allowed to travel abroad, in a court sitting on the high-profile "Octopus" case.

The trial was relaunched on Friday after having been pending for months.

Former socialist party leader and current MEP Sergey Stanishev will not be tried over the seven secret documents he allegedly lost while he was Prime Minister, magistrates say.

The reason is that Stanishev enjoys immunity as member of the European Parliament.

Sofia City Court is to make Monday a third attempt to begin a trial against Sergey Stanishev, former Prime Minister and ruling socialists' leader.

Stanishev, who was Bulgaria's Prime Minister (2005-2009) and is to serve as MEP for some weeks, is accused of having lost seven secret documents from Bulgarian institutions and NATO which were confided to him while he was in office.