PRESS DIGEST - Bulgaria - Sept 4
SOFIA, Sept 4 (Reuters) - These are some of the main stories in Bulgarian newspapers on Thursday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
-- The government appointed Svetla Todorova a chairman of the energy regulator, after the previous chairman resigned following pressure from the interim energy minister. (Monitor, Standart, Capital Daily, 24 Chasa)
-- Bulgaria's chief prosecutor Sotir Tsatsarov said that the probe into wrongdoings at the Corporate Commercial Bank may include more officials at the central bank. In June, the prosecutors opened an investigation into deputy central bank governor Tsvetan Gounev for possible lax controls in supervising the bank. (Trud, Standart)
-- The centre-right GERB party will get 43.2 percent of the vote, while the Socialists will get about 31.4 percent, a new public opinion poll conducted by independent pollster Sova-Harris showed ahead of Oct. 5 elections. (Standart, Sega, Presa)
