These are some of the top headlines in Bulgarian newspapers on March 5 2008. The Sofia Echo has not verified these stories and cannot vouch for their accuracy.

Politics

- Private health insurance funds would be allowed to fully compete with the National Health Insurance Fund no earlier than 2010, according to a health care reform plan drafted by the ruling coalition, Dnevnik daily reported.

- Public approval of the Cabinet is falling, with the senior partner in the ruling coalition, Bulgarian Socialist Party, losing support, according to an Alfa Research survey carried by Dnevnik daily. Sofia mayor Boiko Borissov's Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria (GERB) is increasingly seen as the main rightist party, the same poll showed.

Social

- Heating, electricity and water utility prices could all rise at the same time in summer, Dnevnik daily said, quoting the head of the Bulgarian utility regulator, Konstantin Shoushoulov.

- Fees for lawsuits against Bulgarian state institutions will be slashed, in line with a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights, Sega daily reported.

Economy

- Radisson SAS hotel in Sofia put for sale, Dnevnik daily claimed, quoting unnamed market sources.