Press Digest: Bulgaria - Aug 14

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14/08/2014 07:35

SOFIA, Aug 14 (Reuters) - These are some of the main stories 
in Bulgarian newspapers on Thursday. Reuters has not verified 
these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. 
     
    -- Interim Prime Minister Georgi Bliznashki sent a letter to 
the leader of European Socialists Sergei Stanishev urging him to 
back the candidacy of Bulgarian Kristalina Georgieva for EU 
foreign policy chief in the European Commission. (24 Chasa, 
Standart) 
    CAPITAL DAILY - Bulgaria's third largest lender First 
Investment Bank  5F4.BB  has to prepare a restructuring plan by 
the end of August as part of the conditions under which the 
European Commission allowed the finance ministry to prop up the 
bank's liquidity at the end of June.  
    24 CHASA - Sofia airport has installed a special temperature 
scanner aimed tat establishing passengers with high fever and 
protect against spreading of the deadly Ebola virus disease. (24 
Chasa) 
    -- A Bulgarian court will rule on 12 appeals against the 
regional development ministry permit which allowed the 
construction of South Stream gas pipeline project. (Sega, 
Capital Daily, Trud)   
     -- Leader of centre-right GERB party has won a libel case 
against leader of nationalist Attack party Volen Siderov, who 
now has to pay 200,000 levs. (Presa, Monitor, Sega) 
 
 ((Sofia newsroom, tel +359-2-93-99-730, fax +359-2-93-99-792, 
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