PRESS DIGEST - Bulgaria - Aug 2
SOFIA, Aug 2 (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.
-- Mayors of 31 villages in the southern district of Pazardzhik have issued a joint statement saying that they will not allow the forced slaughter of home-raised pigs after August 2, the deadline for the voluntary culling of the animals decreed as a measure against the further spread of African swine fever (24 Chasa, Trud, Monitor, Sega)
-- Bulgarian television showman Slavi Trifonov, whose nightly broadcast came to an end after 19 years on the air, announced that he is to found a political party (Trud, 24 Chasa, Monitor)
-- A total of 311 people died in road accidents in Bulgaria in the first seven months of the year, the Interior Ministry said (Trud, Monitor, Sega)
