These are some of the top headlines in Bulgarian newspapers on July 25 2008. The Sofia Echo has not verified these stories and cannot vouch for their accuracy.

Politics
- Regional Development and Public Works Minister Assen Gagaouzov said that he would pay close attention to the executive agency in charge of European Union funds utilisation under the Phare pre-accession programme, Dnevnik daily said. Gagaouzov promised to resolve the problems of the agency by the end of August.

- Bulgaria is among the countries where most malfeasance investigations were held, European Anti-Fraud Office report read, as quoted by Dnevnik. Some 60 per cent of all the investigations of OLAF in 2007 were related to five countries: Bulgaria, Belgium, Germany, Italy and Romania.

Social

- Opposition municipal councilors demanded the concession contract with Sofia cleaning company Novera to be annulled, Dnevnik said. The city refuse remained uncollected after Novera’s employees resigned on a mass scale.

- Media should not write negative materials on tourism in Bulgaria, because it would harm the country’s image, tourist branch representatives said as quoted by Dnevnik.

Economy

- Concessions on mining would be granted at tenders, according to amendments in the law on ores and minerals, Dnevnik said. The amendments had already been presented to the Cabinet.

- The Cabined changed the status of two attractive plots near Sofia’s central railway station, thus launching the construction of two skyscrapers, Sega daily said.