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TV show host Slavi Trifonov claims that he is being subjected to censorship due to the fact that his show on Monday evening was taken off air by bTV. Instead of last night's edition, the TV channel aired an older edition of the show. Earlier on Monday, the showman circulated an open letter to politicians reminding them of the referendum organised by him last year.

Varna-based businessman Veselin Mareshki has admitted to giving bribes in cases he "had no choice".

In an interview with bTV station, Mareshki, whose party Volya ("Will") is expected to enter Parliament in March 26's election, has said "political parties which governed in certain moments" asked him for bribes.

Boyko Borisov and Korneliya Ninova, who head the two biggest parties in the previous Parliament, have agreed to hold their first debate on Wednesday.

The clash will be aired live by the three biggest broadcasters - the BNT, bTV and NOVA - with each of the stations represented by one journalist who will ask questions. 

The mayor of Elin Pelin, not far from the Bulgarian capital Sofia, has told a Syrian family of three to leave the municipality despite the fact they have been granted humanitarian status.

A report aired by private bTV broadcaster shows Fakhim and his wife, Fatima, who left Aleppo after their house was destroyed in the war 5 years back.

Urgent repairs will be made to the National Library St. St. Cyril and Methodius, stated in an interview for bTV interim Culture Minister Rashko Mladenov.

Part of the ceiling of the library collapsed on Friday under the weight of melting snow and injured a reader.

A 19-year-old has been stabbed by guards in a shopping mall in central Sofia, police say.

The incident supposedly took place around 09:00 local time (EET).

bTV station quotes guards as saying the teenager tried to steal clothes from one of the stores.

The mall itself is located on Aleksandar Stamboliyski Blvd.

''The National Programme for Energy Efficiency of Multi - family Residential Buildings has not been terminated. Today at the meeting of the Council of Ministers [government] we will vote for additional BGN 1B for 2017'', announced on BTV the outgoing Minister of Regional Development Lilyana Pavlova.

Socialist-backed candidate Rumen Radev has claimed the "moral victory" in the Bulgarian presidential elections while casting a ballot in the runoff on Sunday.

"Bulgarians should go to the polls today [Sunday] and congratulate themselves on a legitimately elected President, and this depends on all of us," he has argued after voting, as shown by bTV station.

The centre of the capital will be blocked from Friday night until Sunday morning because of the concert of Slavi Trifonov, scheduled for Saturday morning at Orlov most (Eagles Bridge).

Over 20 check points, 100 representatives of the organiser, 70 employees of Sofia Municipality and a sufficient number of policemen will guarantee the safety and security of citizens during the event.

The US-Russia dilemma of Bulgaria is a false one and Bulgarians should disbelieve anyone telling them they are facing this choice, US Ambassador Eric Rubin has argued.

It is a mistake to state that Bulgaria cannot have good relations with Russia if it has such ties with the EU and NATO of which it is a member, Rubin has said in an interview for private bTV broadcaster.