PRESS DIGEST - Bulgaria - Feb 18
SOFIA, Feb 18 (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.
-- Bulgarian truck drivers are continuing the counter-blockades at checkpoints along the border with Greece, saying they are determined to stay there until Greek authorities solve the problem completely (Trud, 24 Chasa, Standart, Sega, Monitor)
-- Bulgarian government cancelled public procurement procedures worth more than 600 million levs ($341.88 million), Finance Minister Vladislav Goranov said only two days after Prime Minister Boiko Borisov ordered the termination of the tender for the construction of lots 1 and 2 of Hemus motorway worth 800 million levs due to the lack of EU funding and media reports that linked the contractors to controversial deputy and media mogul Delyan Peevski and head of Lukoil Bulgaria, Valentin Zlatev (Trud, Standart, Capital daily, 24 Chasa)
-- Defense Minister Nikolay Nenchev said authorities are planning to develop a national strategy to counter acts of hybrid warfare. He said the Bulgarian state institutions are taking increasingly seriously cyber crimes and will include tough measures against them in their strategy (Trud, Standart, 24 Chasa)
-- Thousands bid farewell to former Bulgaria defender Trifon Ivanov in the town of Veliko Tarnovo. The sports ministry awarded Ivanov, who died after suffering a heart attack at the age of 50 on Saturday posthumously with the "Wreath of the winner", the highest distinction given by the ministry for exceptional sports achievements (Tema Sport, 24 Chasa, Trud, Standart, Monitor) ($1 = 1.7550 leva)
