PRESS DIGEST - Bulgaria - June 22
SOFIA, June 22 (Reuters) - These are some of the main stories in Bulgarian newspapers on Monday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
-- The first charter flight to Bulgaria scheduled for the summer 2020 holiday season was cancelled because of the sharp increase of Covid-19 cases in the Balkan country. The flight had been scheduled to arrive bringing 145 tourists to Bulgaria´s Black Sea coast from Latvia´s capital Riga (24 Chasa, Trud)
-- Members of the national and Sofia leadership of the opposition Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) would be tested for Covid-19 following confirmation that BSP's lawmaker Yanaki Stoilov tested positive, the party said in a statement (24 Chasa, Trud, Monitor)
-- For the time being, Bulgaria´s Covid-19 epidemic declaration will not be extended, Health Minister Kiril Ananiev said. A state of emergency was in place in the country from March 13 to May 13 because of the Covid-19 pandemic. It was replaced by an epidemic declaration, initially due to expire on June 14 but which was extended to June 30 (Trud, 24 Chasa, Monitor)
