PRESS DIGEST - Bulgaria - May 3
SOFIA, May 3 (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.
-- Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev said he is to announce within days whether or not he will veto the most recent changes to the Balkan country's Electoral Code. The amendments sparked controversy among politicians, but also among the public, with many criticizing the governing coalition for attempting to curb turnout despite making it compulsory to vote (Trud, 24 Chasa, Standart, Monitor)
-- A total of 1,815 of the asylum applicants in Bulgaria in 2015 were unaccompanied minors, according to EU statistics office Eurostat's data. Unaccompanied minors made up 33 percent of all asylum applicants below the age of 18 in the Balkan country last year. The largest shares of unaccompanied minors among all young asylum applicants in the EU in 2015 were recorded in Italy (56 percent), Sweden (50 percent) and the United Kingdom (38 percent)
-- Grigor Dimitrov, the highest-ranked Bulgarian tennis player, apologized for his actions at the ATP Istanbul final on Sunday. The 24-year-old, who broke three rackets during the match against Argentina's Diego Schwartzman, said he was "entirely to blame" for his behaviour (Tema Sport, Trud, 24 Chasa, Standart)
