These are some of the top headlines in Bulgarian newspapers on February 27 2008. The Sofia Echo has not verified these stories and cannot vouch for their accuracy.

Politics

- Bulgaria's regional development minister Assen Gagaouzov said that evaluators of projects applying for European Union funding did not have to declare the business interests of their relatives, according to Sega daily. The measure has been proposed as one way of preventing conflict of interest arising in the process of allocating EU funds.

- Bulgaria's Socialists, the senior partner in the ruling coalition, seek to delay parliamentary debates on Bulgaria's position regarding the independence of Kosovo until March, Dnevnik daily reported.

Social

- Authorities are set to hit out with new fines against the owners of Kremikovtzi steel mill, this time for missing raw materials from Bulgaria's State Reserve Fund, which are stored at the steelworks, daily Sega said.

Economy

- Bulgaria's biggest seven cities are yet to put forth a single project that would be eligible for funding under the EU's regional development operational programme, Dnevnik daily reported.

- Bulgaria's planned fourth thermal power plant built at the Maritza Iztok industrial platform near Plovdiv could use zero-emissions technology, Standart daily quoted deputy economy minister Iordan Dimov as saying. That would raise the costs of construction, but Bulgaria could apply for EU funding for the project, he added.