PRESS DIGEST - Bulgaria - Sept 24

SOFIA, Sept 24 (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.

-- Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has supported the Turkish idea for creating a security zone in Syria that is to allow refugees to remain in their homeland and said he would call on EU leaders to work in this direction. Borisov predicted that some 10 million migrants might cross the border from Turkey to Bulgaria in the near future (Sega, 24 Chasa, Trud).

-- The European Union should urgently work with its partners towards stabilizing the countries of origin and helping transit countries in order to resolve the current migration crisis, the Bulgarian government said in a statement (Monitor, Sega).

-- The quota system for migrant relocation is currently the only possible and right option for Europe, Deputy Prime Minister Meglena Kuneva said

-- Bulgaria's Commission for Energy and Water Regulation proposed a 14.26 percent reduction in the price of natural gas to a rate of 484.26 levs ($277.50) per 1000 cubic meters as of October 1 (Capital daily, Trud, 24 Chasa, Monitor, Sega, Duma). ($1 = 1.7451 leva)

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