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The 44th National Assembly opened its second parliamentary session. It began with the anthem of the Republic of Bulgaria and that of the European Union. Reports Sega. 

At the beginning of the Bulgarian Socialist Party's (BSP's) plenary session earlier today argued if the question for the exclusion of the businessman Georgy Gergov from the Executive Board of the party should be discussed, reported Dnevnik.

The National Council of BSP is voting exceptionally today the exclusion of Georgy Gergov from the party, reported Dnevnik.

Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev has said he has a strong preference for giving the Reformist Bloc coalition a mandate to form a government.

Plevneliev, in an interview with the public broadcaster's Panorama, has put an end to speculation that he intends on giving the nationalist Patriotic Front coalition a chance to form a government later in December.

Bulgarian biggest opposition BSP party's leader Korneliya Ninova has made it clear she will not seek to form a government after the ruling GERB party resigns.

Both frontrunners in Bulgaria's presidential race support NATO, but also want Moscow and Sofia to have closer ties, Politico has said.

"Russia is the dominant topic" in the race, a report on the election reads, also calling the list of presidential contenders "an eclectic mix of 21 candidates in the race to succeed Rosen Plevneliev."

The Bulgarian Air Forces urgently need new multirole aircraft and a decision on the maintenance of currently available MiG-29s, the chair of Parliament's Defense Committee has said.

Bulgarian MPs voted in favor of the proposed legislative amendment aiming to counteract voter tourism. The proposal was made by the right movement Reformatorski Bloc and by the socialists from BSP.

''Towards the end of my visit to Bulgaria, I was also received by the Romanian President Rosen Plevneliev,'' stated the Facebook profile of the German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier.

Several hours later the mistake was corrected after a number of angry comments posted in response, including those of Bulgarians, BGglas daily reported.

One of the Bulgarian government planes could be substituted as stated by Bulgarian Transport Minister Ivaylo Moskovski.

The idea involves selling the currently used 130-seat Airbus.