PRESS DIGEST - Bulgaria - July 27
SOFIA, July 27 (Reuters) - These are some of the main stories in Bulgarian newspapers on Wednesday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
-- Bulgaria and Greece have agreed to hold a joint exercise of their Special Forces of the common border to demonstrate unity and strength in the face of a potential surge in migration pressure, Bulgarian Defence Minister Nikolay Nenchev said (Trud, Standart, 24 Chasa, Monitor)
-- Bulgaria's parliament passed at second reading a second package of amendments to the Balkan country's Judiciary Act, part of the judiciary reform process that started after the constitutional amendments passed last year (Trud, Standart)
-- Bulgarian Ombudsman Maya Manolova asked the Constitutional Court to scrap provisions in the Electoral Code that envisioned penalties on voters that did not exercise their right to vote, opening a new chapter in the long-running controversy over electoral law changes (Sega, 24 Chasa)
-- A delegation from the United States visited VMZ Sopot to discuss opportunities to expand partnership with the leading Bulgarian arms maker, the economy ministry said
