PRESS DIGEST - Bulgaria - Aug 24
SOFIA, Aug 24 (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.
-- Bulgaria's Council for Electronic Media appointed Konstantin Kamenarov as the new head of the state-run national television BNT. (24 Chasa, Trud, Monitor, Standart, Sega, Capital Daily)
24 CHASA - French President Emmanuel Macron will propose to Bulgaria to buy military patrol ships and armoured vehicles for its land forces during his visit to the country on Friday, officials from the Bulgarian government said.
-- The four candidates that have expressed interest to acquire small Victoria bank are invited to file non-binding bids, the receivers of bankrupt Corporate Commercial Bank, which owned the small bank, said. (24 Chasa, Capital Daily)
-- Credit lending to households have increased by 5.5 percent on an annual basis, close to the pre-crisis levels, data from the central bank showed. (Trud, 24 Chasa, Monitor, Capitaql Daily)
-- Sofia Municipality plans to buy 20 electric buses for the city transport in a deal estimated at about 22 million levs ($13.27 million). (Monitor, Capital Daily, 24 Chasa)
($1 = 1.6579 leva)
