PRESS DIGEST - Bulgaria - May 29
SOFIA, May 29 (Reuters) - These are some of the main stories in Bulgarian newspapers on Friday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
-- Over 250,000 Bulgarian children have their parents working abroad and contact them mainly through social networks like Skype and Facebook, a new survey of independent foundation Risk Monitor. (Standart, Monitor)
-- Deputies from the nationalist Patriotic Front and Attack parties, backed by the Socialists and centre-left ABV party have proposed the adoption of transparent rules for appointment of a new central bank governor. (Capital daily, Standart, 24 Chasa, Trud, Sega, Presa)
-- Bulgaria opened some 30 kilometers of a highway linking the country with neighbouring Turkey. The whole highway is expected to be completed in October, Construction Minister Liliana Pavlova said. (Capital daily, Trud, Sega, Presa)
-- The world's biggest brickmaker, Wienerberger, plans to invest 1 million levs ($559,597) at its plant in northern Bulgaria to upgrade its operations, the company said. (Capital daily, Trud) ($1 = 1.7870 leva)
