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Press review: Headlines in Bulgarian papers on August 26 2008

Tue, Aug 26 2008 13:39 CET

byElitsa Savova

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These are some of the top headlines in Bulgarian newspapers on August 26 2008. The Sofia Echo has not verified these stories and cannot vouch for their accuracy.

Politics

- Hundreds of Defence Ministry employees, who were laid off when the ministry closed three of its agencies, would sue the ministry, Sega daily said. More than 500 employees of the ministr were dismissed on August 1.

- Mayors and entire municipalities had granted municipal land to friends who had never dealt with livestock breeding, Monitor daily said. Currently, there was no regulation to ban such deals.
 
Social

- Panagyurishte mayor Georgi Gergunekov declared the state of emergency because of a water shortage, Dnevnik said. The town and nearby villages had been subject to a water regime for nearly three weeks.

Economy

- Deputy Prime Minister for EU Funds Meglena Plougchieva and Environment and Water Affairs Minister Djevdet Chakurov sent a letter to Plovdiv mayor Slavcho Atanasov requesting Plovdiv to accept 120 000 cu m of Sofia's baled refuse, Dnevnik daily said.

- The audit's examination had found irregularities with another three companies for projects under the Sapard pre-accession programme, Dnevnik quoted Agriculture fund director Atanas Kunchev as saying.

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