PRESS DIGEST - Bulgaria - Nov 5
SOFIA, Nov 5 (Reuters) - These are some of the main stories in Bulgarian newspapers on Wednesday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
-- A 48-year-old man remains in critical condition after setting fire to himself in the southern town of Sandanski. On Monday, a Bulgarian woman set herself on fire outside the president's office (Standart, Presa).
-- The European Commission said that Bulgaria will experience with "subdued growth amid rising uncertainty" over the next two years, adding that real GDP growth will fall from 1.2 percent in 2014 to 0.6 percent in 2015 and 1.0 percent in 2016 mainly due to weakening domestic demand (Standart, Trud, Capital daily, 24 Chasa, Sega, Monitor, Presa).
-- The profit of the banking system, excluding results of the two troubled banks of Corporate Commercial Bank Group, rose to 613.4 million levs (392.75 million US dollar) at the end of September, up 40.5 percent on the year, central bank data showed
SEGA - Bulgaria posted the highest share of citizens at risk of poverty or social exclusion among EU member states in 2013, at 44.8 percent, Eurostat data showed. (1 US dollar = 1.5618 Bulgarian lev)
