PRESS DIGEST - Bulgaria - Aug 24
SOFIA, Aug 24 (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's economy will grow by 3 percent in 2016, Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry's chairman Tsvetan Simeonov said. The Balkan country's government expects its economic growth to slow to about 2.0-2.5 percent this year from 3 percent in 2015, mainly due to an expected drop in EU-funded investment and a decline in exports to key markets such as Turkey and Russia. According to Simeonov, the average monthly wage will exceed 1,000 levs ($577.40) in 2016
-- Defence Minister Nikolay Nenchev proposed to appoint General Tsanko Stoykov, who is serving as Defense Attache in the Bulgarian Embassy in the United States, as new Air Force Commander. The position remained vacant after General Rumen Radev retired earlier this month. Bulgaria's largest opposition Socialist party (BSP) nominated Radev as presidential election candidate (Trud, Standart, Monitor)
-- Popular Bulgarian journalist and TV host Dimitar Tsonev has died a week before his 57th birthday. Doctors have been fighting for Tsonev, an emblematic face of Bulgarian National Television, life since he suffered a massive stroke on Aug 14 (Standart, Trud, 24 Chasa, Monitor, Telegraf)
-- Bulgarian soccer club Botev Plovdiv coach Nikolay Kostov following his team's 1-0 defeat at newcomers Vereya in the domestic league on Sunday (Tema Sport, Standart, Trud)
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