PRESS DIGEST - Bulgaria - Sept 4
SOFIA, Sept 4 (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.
STANDART - Bulgaria and Greece will sign a memorandum for understanding to build a multimodal transport corridor that will link the Greek ports of Thessaloniki and Kavala on the Aegean Sea with the Bulgarian ports of Varna, Burgas and Rousse.
-- About 5 million tourists have visited Bulgaria in the first seven months, some 7 percent more than a year ago, Tourism Minister Nikolina Angelkova said. (Standart, 24 Chasa )
STANDART - Bulgaria has exported arms worth 1.05 billion euros last year, some 370 million euros more than in 2015, official data showed. Most arms went to Iraq and Saudi Arabia. (Standart)
CAPITAL DAILY - Decreasing interests on credits weigh on the profits of Bulgarian banks, who posted 790 million levs ($480.59 million) in profit in the first seven months compared to 909 million in the same period a year ago, central bank data showed.
($1 = 1.6438 leva)
