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)
