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Greek champions Olympiakos lost 3-1 to Sporting Lisbon in Portugal in their second last match in Group D, after conceding two late goals in the first half. Bas Dost (40’) and Bruno Cesar (43’) scored twice for the home side in the first half, with Bas Dost scoring a second (66’) and Olympiakos’s Vadis Odjidja-Otoe (86’) scoring a consolation goal.

All Bulgarian media outlets, websites included, should take off a campaign video which shows Turkey's Ambassador Suleyman Gokce, the Central Election Commission (CEC) has ruled.

Earlier, the Council on Electronic Media (CEM) referred the case to the Foreign Ministry, after the video had sparked outrage from nationalst VMRO party.

Right-wingers and nationalists have in Bulgaria have vented anger over remarks of Turkey's Labour Minister who urged expats to vote for DOST party in the early election on March 26.

DOST head Lyutvi Mestan has announced his party will back the candidacy of Tsetska Tsacheva, the nominee of Bulgaria's main ruling party, in the presidential elections.

Mestan's announcement comes to no surprise, as he earlier indicated the Democrats for Responsibility, Solidarity and Tolerance (DOST) may endorse GERB's candidate unless he ran himself as leader of the party.