PRESS DIGEST - Bulgaria - July 15
SOFIA, July 15 (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.
-- The leader of the opposition Socialist party Kornelia Ninova challenged Prime Minister Boiko Borisov to run for president at the polls this autumn and pledged that she would then ask her party to nominate her for the job. (Trud, Standart, 24 Chasa)
-- Prime Minister Boiko Borisov said he would step down and call snap election if his centre-right party GERB loses the presidential vote this autumn. He said he is considering cabinet reshuffle, but did not elaborate. (24 Chasa, Telegraph, Standart, Monitor, Capital Daily, 24 Chasa)
CAPITAL DAILY - DSK Bank, controlled by Hungarian OTP Bank, Unicredit Bulbank and Raiffeisen Bank demonstrated confidence ahead of pending stress tests of the banking sector and decided to pay dividends for 2015.
