PRESS DIGEST - Bulgaria - Jan 7
SOFIA, Jan 7 (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.
-- The halt in natural gas deliveries to private gas company Overgas by Russia's Gazprom Export is motivated by Russia's plans to restart the building of South Stream gas pipeline project, chief executive of Overgas Sasho Donchev told Euroactiv news website. (Capital Daily, Monitor, Duma, Trud, Sega)
-- Bulgarian farmers have received over 7 billion euros in European Union aid from 2007 until 2015, officials said. (Capital Daily, Monitor, Standart)
-- Companies close to key shareholder of bankrupt Corporate Commercial Bank have managed to made deals to recover over 600 million levs from the lender, data from the bank's receivers showed. (Monitor, Telegraph)
-- Bulgarian Enegery holding is starting direct negotiations with 12 banks to secure bridge-to-bond loan of up to 650 million euros, Energy Minister Temenuzhka Petkova said. (Standart, Trud, Monitor)
