Bulgaria’s President Rumen Radev assumed office on Sunday and promised that he would work for reconcilement. Bulgaria’s new head of state declared that he would protect the dignity of the Bulgarian people. President Radev’s caretaker cabinet to consist of experts. The Bulgarian Socialist Party has not been intervening in Radev’s decisions, Trud daily writes on its first page on Monday. 21 gun salutes greeted Bulgaria’s 5^th President Radev, Telegraph daily informs.  President Radev calmed the foreign investors and confirmed that Bulgaria will continue to follow a Pro-European policy line, Standard daily notes on Monday. 24 Chassa quotes Rumen Radev that “Poverty is a boring topic for Bulgaria’s MPs, because they do not have that problem”. The newspaper adds that the election campaign has started right after Bulgaria’s new head of state assumed office.

I had a difficult, yet a very successful mandate. I was following the right course and the right priorities. I fulfilled my promises. Of course I made mistakes, just like every human being, but I did not make any radical mistakes as President of that country, Standart daily quotes Bulgaria’s former President Rossen Plevneliev.

GERB prefers to make coalition with the Reformist Bloc, the Patriotic Front and the new party of businessman Veselin Mareshki, Sega daily informs. Do not think about making coalitions, outgoing premier Boyko Borissov told members of GERB party. GERB’s purpose is to earn 1 million votes at the forthcoming early Parliamentary elections, Telegraph daily writes on Monday.

Bulgaria’s Presidency of the European Council will cost at least EUR 75 million, Sega daily estimates and warns that Bulgaria’s Presidency of the European Council may cost dear to the county’s taxpayers.

The Bulgarian National Radio is the most loyal and biggest payer of copyrights on Bulgaria’s radio market. However, it was described unexpectedly as uncooperative and warmonger in its dispute with the society of composers, lyricists and music publishers for collective management of copyright Musicauthor. Everything is seemingly based on principles and European standards, but Musicautor's stand can be clearly interpreted as: You have to pay as much money as we demand, the member of the BNR Management Board Momchil Georgiev told 24 Chassa daily. We are witnessing a complicated situation where private ambitions and financial demands are at the expense of the music authors and the Bulgarian audience, Momchil Georgiev further notes.

80,000 young Bulgarians have studied abroad in the past 10 years, the organizer of the 28^th Open Doors Fair for Education Abroad Bistra Ilieva announced, quoted by Zemya daily.