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Press review: Headlines in Bulgarian papers on September 17 2008

Wed, Sep 17 2008 12:00 CET

byElitsa Savova

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These are some of the top headlines in Bulgarian newspapers on September 17 2008. The Sofia Echo has not verified these stories and cannot vouch for their accuracy.

Politics

- The Supreme Administrative Court is to decide on September 17, whether to cancel the municipal elections in the town of Sandanski, Sega daily said. A total of 11 parties and coalitions had demanded cancellation of the vote.

Social

- The municipal hospital in Botevgrad could be privatised illegally, thus leaving Botevgrad residents without hospital servicea, hospital director Filip Filipov and Botevgrad mayor Geprgi Georgiev told Dnenvik daily.

- Bulgarians were among the greatest Russophiles and pacifists in Europe, a Transatlantic Trends 2008 study showed, as quoted by Dnevnik.

- In 2008, Sofia Airport is to get a higher grading, which will allow aircraft to land even in cases of thicker fog, Transport and Communications Minister Petar Moutafchiev said, as quoted by Dnevnik.

- The income of all Bulgarian prostitutes, who work in the country and abroad, reached nearly a billion euro, Monitor daily quoted Centre for the Study of Democracy research.

Economy

- The global credit crisis is endangering world's biggest insurance company AIG, which, with one of its funds, owns Bulgarian Telecommunications Company (BTC), Dnevnik said. For the first time, the financial crisis is moving towards the insurance sector.

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