PRESS DIGEST - Bulgaria - July 30
SOFIA, July 30 (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.
-- Bulgaria banned culling of pigs without the presence of vets and imposed a 20 km protection zones around all industrial pig farms, where breeding of backyard pigs will be banned as the country struggles to contain African swine fever outbreaks. (24 Chasa, Trud, Monitor, Sega, Duma, Capital)
-- Deputy Chief Prosecutor Ivan Geshev is the sole contender to become Bulgaria's top prosecutor for a seven year term after the justice minister did not make a nomination for one of the key posts in the country. (24 Chasa, Trud, Monitor, Duma, Sega, Capital, Mediapool)
-- Hundreds of Bulgarians protested against the nomination of Geshev for chief prosecutor saying it was agreed between the acting prosecutor, the government and the lobbying groups linked to controversial media owner and deputy Delyan Peevski and fearing he would not make genuine efforts to combat high level graft. (Mediapool, Capital, Sega, Trud)
