These are some of the top stories in Bulgarian newspapers on October 1 2008. The Sofia Echo has not verified these stories and cannot vouch for their accuracy.

Politics

- After a week of hot talks on the activities of the State Agency for National Security (SANS), which was revealed to have requested the phone records of some Bulgarian MPs, on September 30 the agency's top officials and several members of Parliament's internal security and public order committee spent over four hours at SANS, Dnevnik daily said, reporting on the meeting.

Social

- As of September 30, the whole of Bulgaria can already call the 112 emergency telephone, Dnevnik daily said and reported on the opening of the last two remaining regional call centres in Varna and Kurdjali.

- Brussels is set to improve health care everywhere in the European Union, Dnevnik daily said, reporting on the launch of the Europe for Patients campaign.

Economy

- The price of gas in Bulgaria is becoming even scarier, Dnevnik daily reported, saying that it will grow by an overall of nearly fifty per cent over the next three months.

- The money the EU is granting to Bulgaria for the repair of municipal roads under the Regional Development operational programme is already fully distributed, Dnevnik daily reported, quoting Bulgaria's Regional Development and Public Works Minister Assen Gagaouzov as saying.