PRESS DIGEST - Bulgaria - May 4
SOFIA, May 4 (Reuters) - These are some of the main stories in Bulgarian newspapers on Friday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
-- The financial wealth of Bulgarian households has increased by 6.1 billion levs ($3.73 billion) in 2017, the biggest increase in 10 years, to 77.2 billion levs, a new survey by independent think-tank Industry Watch showed. (24 Chasa, Trud, Standart)
24 CHASA - Slovakia has suggested that the EU summit for Western Balkans in Sofia should not display any national flags or other national symbols, the state secretary of the Slovak foreign ministry said. Officials are considering such options so that all EU member states and EU aspirant countries can attend, as some of the EU countries do not recognize the independence of Kosovo.
-- The revenues of Bulgaria's largest telecoms operator Vivacom have increased by 5.6 percent in the first quarter to 223 million levs, the company report showed. (Standart, 24 Chasa, Trud)
-- Veselin Mareshki, leader of populist Volya party and deputy speaker of parliament, proposed a national referendum for the country's exit from NATO - an idea discarded by all major political parties in Bulgaria. (Standart, Duma) ($1 = 1.6342 leva)
