PRESS DIGEST - Bulgaria - Oct 5
SOFIA, Oct 5 (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.
-- Bulgarian government and the Balkan country's Orthodox Church have agreed that controversial amendments to the Religious Denominations Act will be changed before its second reading in the parliament. Prime Minister Boyko Borissov announced that the state would give at least 15 million levs extra to enable a pay rise for clerics of all religions, which he said would put them on a par with teachers´ pay.(Trud, 24 Chasa, Standart, Monitor)
-- Upper limit on all pensions, regardless of when they were granted, will be increased to 1,200 levs ($705.76) but the cap will not be removed, Finance Minister Vladislav Goranov said (Standart, Monitor, Trud, 24 Chasa)
-- Bulgaria's government is expected to approve 7 million levs ($4.12 million) for free internet connection (wi-fi) for 700 schools, Education Minister Krasimir Valchev said
-- Some 23 percent of Bulgarians aged 18-64 consider going to work abroad, a Sova Harris agency's survey showed. It said the pursuit of higher pay was the main reason for 95 percent of those considering going to work in another country (Trud, Standart) ($1 = 1.7003 leva)
