Valeri Bojinov

SOFIA (Reuters) - Much-travelled Bulgarian forward Valeri Bojinov has returned home to join top-flight newcomers Botev Vratsa until the end of the year after leaving Croatian club HNK Rijeka last month in a bid to resurrect his flagging career.

Bulgarian football player Valeri Bojinov signed on Sunday a two-year contract with Serbian club Partizan Belgrade.

Bojinov became the second Bulgarian player in the current squad after defender Ivan Bandalovski had joined the team in the beginning of the year.

The Bulgarian striker was officially presented and posed with the jersey of his new team, daily Dnevnik reports.

Monaco striker Dimitar Berbatov is Bulgaria's highest-paid athlete in the past decade with his earnings for the period estimated at BGN 70 M.

According to a study of daily Capital, which ranked the top ten highest-paid athletes in the country, Berbatov is the wealthiest Bulgarian athlete ever.

Tens of depositors and activists gathered in front of the Bulgarian National Bank's headquarters in Sofia to demand a swift recovery of Corporate Commercial Bank (KTB).

Ivan Genov, Chief Executive of the Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant has been replaced through a decision of the Bulgarian Energy Holding (BEH).

The new CEO of the Kozloduy NPP is Dimitar Angelov.

Angelov was CEO of the N-plant in 2007-2009, according to reports of dnevnik.bg.

Litex Lovech have sold 20-year-old midfielder Simeon Slavchev to Sporting Lisbon.

The initial contract will be for 3 seasons, with the option of another 2-year extension, Gong.bg quoted Litex manager Stoycho Stoilov as saying.

The Portuguese sports site Record informed that the transfer fee is EUR 2.5 M.