PRESS DIGEST - Bulgaria - Jan 27
SOFIA, Jan 27 (Reuters) - These are some of the main stories in Bulgarian newspapers on Tuesday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
-- Deputy Parliament Speaker Rositsa Yanakieva passed away early on Monday (Trud, 24 Chasa, Standart, Presa, Monitor, Duma, Sega).
-- Delyan Dobrev, chair of the parliamentary energy committee, has proposed a 10-fold increase in the minimum fine for power distributors failing to observe the 31-day metering deadline. He said the fine could be increased from 20,000 levs ($11,499) to 200,000 levs through Energy Act amendments (Trud, Standart, Sega, Presa).
-- Transport Minister Ivaylo Moskovski ordered an internal inquiry into suspected theft of diesel fuel at cash-strapped state railways company BDZ following a media report (Trud, Standart).
-- The ministry of tourism has launched a campaign to advertise 50 little-known tourist sites around Bulgaria (Standart Trud),
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