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Sofia District Governor Veselin Penev has refuted claims that Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boyko Borisov had tried to pressure him into resigning.

Penev's resignation follows revelations from the opposition Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) that earlier this summer he sold state property in the center of Sofia at a price of BGN 90 per sq m.

Sofia Prosecutor's Office has started a check of the deal with the Tsarski konyushni property. The Prosecutor's Office has received the signal submitted by BSP deputies Zhelyo Boychev and Kaloyan Pargov against the deal concluded by the Sofia District Governor.

Sofia District Governor Veselin Penev resigned on Friday evening after a conversation with Prime Minister Boyko Borisov over the Tsarski konyushni deal. Only a few hours before that, Penev stated that he does not intend to hand in his resignation.

Cameroonian striker Samuel Eto'o is the latest player to confirm his participation at the birthday show celebrating the 50th anniversary of Bulgarian football legend Hristo Stoichkov.

Eto'o, who like Stoichkov played for Barcelona, is the first African to confirm his participation in the spectacle which will take place at the Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia on May 20.

Germany's Lothar Matthaus is the latest player to confirm his participation at the show celebrating the 50th anniversary of Bulgarian football legend Hristo Stoichkov which will take place at the Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia on May 20.

Matthaus will be the fourth Ballon d'Or holder to participate in the show along with Stoichkov, Roberto Baggio and Jean-Pierre Papin.

One of the greatest Brazilian players Romario confirmed his participation in the show celebrating the 50th anniversary of Bulgarian football legend Hristo Stoichkov this year.

Two of Crotia's greatest footballers - Zvonimir Boban and Davor Suker confirmed their participation in the show celebrating next year's 50th anniversary of Bulgarian football legend Hristo Stoichkov.

Boban and Suker were two of the leaders of the legendary Croatian team of the 1990s, which finished third at the 1998 World Cup.

The nineteenth edition of Sofia Film Fest will honor the 100th anniversary of Bulgarian cinema in May.

Ten classic Bulgarian movies will be featured, as well as another ten contemporary productions.

Milen Penev was officially announced by Interior Minister Veselin Vuchkov as the new director of Bulgaria's Border Police on Monday.

Penev succeeds Zaharin Penov, who resigned following the truck incident which claimed the driver's life, and injured most of the other border policemen it was transporting.

Patriotic Front, a nationalist coalition supporting Bulgaria's minority government, will not withdraw its support for the cabinet.

The coalition will be granted two official positions in return and will be able to send a Deputy Defense Minister to the cabinet and also to have a Deputy Governor of Sofia.