Press review: headlines in Bulgarian papers on February 19 2008

These are some of the top headlines in Bulgarian newspapers on February 19 2008. The Sofia Echo has not verified these stories and cannot vouch for their accuracy.

Politics

- Collaborators of the communist-era secret services will sue Bulgaria before the European Court of Human Rights for announcing in public that they worked for the services, according to Sega daily.

- Opposition parties threaten to launch mass protests in front of Parliament during the debate on the no-confidence motion against the current Cabinet this week, Dnevnik daily said.

Social

- New regulations for advertisements in Sofia will be launched on February 20 2008, according to Dnevnik daily.

- Bulgarian prosecution will present 400 volumes of evidence in the Toplofikatsiya trial, Sega said.

Economy

- Dnevnik said that the National Electricity Company was to present a trimmed-down shortlist of companies to be invited to bid for 49 per cent in Belene nuclear power plant.

- Sega daily quoted Deputy Regional Development and Public Works Minister Savin Kovachev as saying that he was waiting for the results from a check up of the buildings on the coastline and those on the beaches should be destroyed.

- Seaside hotels are being sold out in parts, raising worries for the property sector in the country, Dnevnik said.