PRESS DIGEST - Bulgaria - April 23
SOFIA, April 23 (Reuters) - These are some of the main stories in Bulgarian newspapers on Tuesday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
-- Regional court in the Danube city of Ruse has sentenced Severin Krassimirov to 30 years in prison for the October 2018 rape and murder of tv presenter Viktoria Marinova. The sentence was handed down at a sitting of the court after Krassimirov pleaded guilty and requested a fast-track trial procedure (Trud, 24 Chasa, Monitor, Sega)
-- Traditional ethnic Turkish Movement for Rights and Freedoms party submitted its candidate list for the May 2019 European Parliament elections with party leader Mustafa Karadayi heading the list (Trud, 24 Chasa, Monitor, Sega)
-- A report by an interministerial committee on the three bids submitted to supply the Bulgarian Navy with two naval patrol vessels is to be submitted to the government by June 12, Navy commander Rear Admiral Mitko Petev said
