PRESS DIGEST - Bulgaria - Dec 12

SOFIA, Dec 12 (Reuters) - These are some of the main stories in Bulgarian newspapers on Monday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

-- Access to the northeastern village of Hitrino remains blocked as special teams are taking out the propane-butane and propylene from the derailed train tanks. Seven people were killed on Saturday when a cargo train derailed and one train tank exploded, demolishing over 50 buildings in the village. (24 Chasa, Trud, Monitor, Standart, Duma, Telegraph, Capital Daily)

-- President Rosen Plevneliev delayed by a day the handing of a mandate to the right-wing Reformist Bloc until Tuesday following the day of national mourning following the deadly incident at Hitrino. (Standart, Capital Daily, 24 Chasa)

-- The Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Christian Church chose a 40-year-old Kyprian as the new bishop for its Stara Zagora bishopric, after bishop Galaktion stepped down on health reasons. (Trud, Standart, 24 Chasa)

Sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article.