These are some of the top headlines in Bulgarian newspapers on August 22 2008. The Sofia Echo has not verified these stories and cannot vouch for their accuracy.
Politics
- According to draft amendments in the law on state financial inspection, European Commission (EC) inspectors would be allowed to examine Bulgarian companies and would have the same rights as the state financial inspectors, Dnevnik daily said.
Social
- On August 21, nearly 800 farmers from all over Bulgaria gathered at the foot of Shipka peak to protest, demanding their subsidies paid, Dnevnik said. Farmers’ protests have been going on for three weeks.
- Nurses are resigning en masse and would continue resigning if the agreement between employers and trade unions for starting salaries of 440 leva were not kept, Denvnik quoted Bulgarian Association of Healthcare Professionals head Stanka Markova as saying.
- Plovdiv faced a political crisis because of a controversy in the municipal council on unprofitable property deals, Sega daily said. Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria (GERB) left the ruling coalition with Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organisation (VMRO), and joined other rightist parties to create a new rightist majority with 26 votes in the 51-seat council, while VMRO had only 10.
- Policemen collected fees from prostitutes in Sofia, Monitor daily said. By paying 40 leva a night, transvestites were left to ply their trade without police interference, the newspaper said.
Economy
- Kozloduy nuclear power plant had registered record-breaking electricity production, Monitor said. The plant completed its production schedule for the first nine months of 2008 41 days ahead of the schedule.
