Tam McManus and Eddie McCallion came on as Derry substitutes before Stoyanov scored the only goal.

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The Bulgarians won the first leg of the third qualifying round clash thanks to Kostadin Stoyanov's 73rd-minute goal.

BBC: CSKA Sofia 1-0 Derry City

Such is Mr Stoyanov's enthusiasm, he even went jogging with President Bill Clinton during a visit to Washington earlier this year.

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Mr Kostov has chosen two presentable politicians to do the lobbying: Peter Stoyanov, the president, and Alexander Bozhkov, the deputy prime minister.

ECONOMIST: Sprucing up Bulgaria

Bulgarian President Petar Stoyanov welcomed the decision to postpone the trial, calling it "a move of goodwill that will help find the truth".

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The ice between the two countries was broken, say the Turks, when Peter Stoyanov, Bulgaria's pragmatic president, visited Turkey in 1997 and publicly apologised for Bulgaria's behaviour to its ethnic Turks under communism.

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