These are some of the top headlines in Bulgarian newspapers on July 23 2008. The Sofia Echo has not verified these stories and cannot vouch for their accuracy.

Politics

- The leaders of the three parties in the ruling coalition – Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev of the Bulgarian Socialist Party, Simeon Saxe-Coburg of the National Movement for Stability and Progress and Ahmed Dogan of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms – were to meet in the following days to discuss the answer that Bulgaria would give to the European Commission (EC) report on Bulgaria, Dnevnik daily said. The report will be published on July 23.

- Interior Minister Mihail Mikov and Prosecutor-General Boris Velchev argued indirectly about who should be responsible for the fight against corruption and organised crime, Dnevnik said. According to Velchev, the prosecution was suffering from a negative image for responsibilities that have nothing to do with its work.

- The law on conflict of interests that the Cabined considered a priority would be approved in September 2008 at the earliest, Dnevnik said. The law was meant to be the Cabinet’s trump card before the EC’s report on Bulgaria.

- Opposition parties would table the sixth no-confidence motion against the Cabinet, Sega daily said. The grounds for the motion were the moral and material damages caused by the Cabinet, as recorded in the EC report on Bulgaria.

Social

- The active civil protests and the wide media coverage of the planned construction on Strandja natural park's coastline yielded the result that environmentalists were asking for, Dnevnik said. The Ministry of Environment and Water Affairs decided that the environmental assessment of the amendments in the Tsarevo municipality zoning plan should be revised.

- The Interior Ministry professionally remains silent on the case of the kidnapped wife of football boss Angel Bonchev, Kamelia, Sega said. The ministry believed that the victim was alive.

- In the autumn of 2008, the Prosecution was to create a special body to fight organised crime, Monitor daily said. Experts from all ministries would be present in the new body.

Economy

- A Turkish company and a consortium would build the second line of the Sofia metro, Dnevnik said. Total costs amount to roughly 470 million leva, with some 370 million to be provided under the EU Operational Programme for Transport, the newspaper reported.