PRESS DIGEST - Bulgaria - Nov 1
SOFIA, Nov 1 (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.
-- Ruling GERB party candidate Yordanka Fandakova leads in the mayoral election run-off in the capital this Sunday, with support of 55.3% of the people who have decided to vote, an opinion poll by Alpha Research showed. Independent candidate Maya Manolova gathers 44.7%. Some 17% of Sofia residents have not yet decided who they would back. (Sega, 24 Chasa)
-- Bulgaria plans to grant licences at discount prices to telecoms companies to roll-out a high-speed 5G mobile phone services in the first half of 2020, Telecommuncations Minister Rosen Zheliazkov said during 5G tests of leading telecoms operator Vivacom. (Monitor, Sega, 24 Chasa, Trud)
-- The profit of commercial banks in Bulgaria in the first nine months reached 1.3 billion levs ($742.14 million), 51 million more than a year ago, central bank data showed. (24 Chasa, Trud) ($1 = 1.7517 leva)
