PRESS DIGEST - Bulgaria - May 31

SOFIA, May 31 (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.

-- Tsvetan Tsvetanov has resigned from all leadership posts in ruling centre-right GERB party, led by Prime Minister Boyko Borissov. The resignation has been accepted by Borissov (24 Chasa, Trud, Monitor, Sega, Duma)

-- A regular monthly poll by the national statistical institute found the total business climate indicator in Bulgaria in May improved by 1.3 percentage points compared with April, due to increases in the indicators for the country´s construction and retail trades. (Trud, Monitor)

-- A total of 792 cases of measles have been registered in Bulgaria since February 12, Professor Todor Kantardzhiev, director of the National Centre for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, said. Measures were being taken to stave off the outbreaks reaching an epidemic

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