Press Digest: Bulgaria - March 27

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27/03/2019 07:40

SOFIA, March 27 (Reuters) - These are some of the main
stories in Bulgarian newspapers on Wednesday. Reuters has not
verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. 
    
    -- Deputy Energy Minister Krasimir Parvanov has submitted
his resignation, the ministry said in a statement. The move
followed reports naming Parvanov as among politicians who
allegedly benefited from below-market prices for real estate
acquisitions (24 Chasa, Trud, Monitor, Sega)
    -- Bulgaria's transport ministry said it has extended, for
the fifth time, the deadline for submitting bids in its tender
for awarding a 35-year concession contract to run Sofia airport
worth an estimated 3.9 billion euro ($4.4 billion)
    -- Nearly 1 billion levs ($575.51 million) has been spent on
Roma integration programs for the period 2007-2018, with no real
results, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Krasimir
Karakachanov said at a round table on the concept of integration
of the Roma population (Trud, Monitor)
 

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