PRESS DIGEST - Bulgaria - Aug 25
SOFIA, Aug 25 (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.
-- Energy Minister Temenuzhka Petkova has met with representatives of the General Nuclear Power (GNP) following a request of China's largest nuclear power producer over potential involvement into an expansion of Bulgaria's nuclear capacities. During the meeting, Petkova shared the vision of the government, stating that the country is looking for a strategic investor, that will not receive government guarantees for long-term energy purchases on the Bulgarian market (Standart, Trud, Capital daily, Monitor)
-- Two United States military aircraft will participate in securing Bulgaria's air space from September 9 to 16, Defence Minister Nikolay Nenchev said, adding this is a peacetime mission, at the initiative of NATO (Trud, Standart, Monitor)
-- Bulgaria's Socialist party (BSP) - the largest opposition party in the country, decided to cancel negotiations with the center-left ABV party over joint nomination of General Rumen Radev for the presidential election in November due to failure to "reach agreement on fundamental issues". ABV said the BSP's refusal to treat the two parties as equals was "a kind of racism and xenophobia" (Standart, Trud, Sega, Duma)
-- Bulgaria's government proposed to appoint General Tsanko Stoykov, who is serving as Defense Attache in the Bulgarian Embassy in the United States, as Air Force Commander to replace General Rumen Radev who resigned earlier this month (Standart, Trud, 24 Chasa, Monitor)
