PRESS DIGEST - Bulgaria - April 18

SOFIA, April 18 (Reuters) - These are some of the main stories in Bulgarian newspapers on Wednesday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

-- The mayor of Sofia´s district of Mladost Desislava Ivancheva was arrested at one of the busiest places in Bulgarian capital, with media reports claiming it was part of an anti-corruption operation even as law enforcement agencies kept silent on the very public arrest (Standart, Trud, 24 Chasa, Monitor, Sega)

-- Customers of state railway company BDZ will be able to travel in the busiest directions on holidays only after reservation in advance, BDZ's executive director Vladimir Vladimirov said (Trud, Sega, Standart)

-- Bulgaria and Macedonia have signed a memorandum of understanding for coupling of the day ahead energy markets of the two countries, the Independent Bulgarian Energy Exchange said (Trud, Standart)

-- Bulgarian telecommunications group BTC said it has upgraded its network to 4.5G which will allow its clients to use internet speeds of up to 150 Mbps in five cities - capital Sofia, Plovdiv, Burgas, Stara Zagora and Ruse (Monitor, Trud)

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