PRESS DIGEST - Bulgaria - Sept 29
SOFIA, Sept 29 (Reuters) - These are some of the main stories in Bulgarian newspapers on Monday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
-- Bulgaria's finance ministry is preparing legal amendments to avoid legal action from Brussels for failing to meet EU rules on payments of guaranteed deposits in troubled banks, Finance Minister Rumen Porozhanov said.(24 Chasa, Capital Daily, Monitor)
-- The ethnic Turkish MRF party, a junior coalition partner in the previous Socialists-led government said it can participate directly or provide support for a government with clearly defined Euro-Atlantic values, but will not participate in coalitions without principles, its leader Lyutvi Mestan said. (Trud, 24 Chasa, Presa)
PRESA - Bulgaria's Socialist party and ethnic Turkish MRF party said they do not agree with the interim finance ministry proposal to the next parliament to increase the budget deficit to 4 percent of GDP this year and raise to 4.5 billion in new debt.
CAPITAL DAILY - Banks have to declare by Oct 1. initial interest to bid for part or whole of the credits of Bank Victoria, unit of Corporate Commercial Bank. The central bank has said a tender to sell the portfolio may not take place, if there is a rescue solution for both banks, which are under central bank supervision after run on deposits in June.
