Press Digest: Bulgaria - Jan 24
24/01/2018 08:27
SOFIA, Jan 24 (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.
-- The parliament debated on the pending no-confidence
motion against the government over corruption. Opposition
Socialists and ethic Turkish MRF party said they will support
the motion, but will still be short of the 121 votes they need
to topple the government of Prime Minister Boyko Borissov during
the vote on Thursday. (Capital, 24 Chasa, Trud, Monitor, Sega,
Standart, Duma)
-- Bulgarian Orthodox Church urged Bulgarians to pray
against the ratification of the convention against violence
against women. Gender qualifications in the convention have
sparked fears among the Church and many Bulgarians that it may
open the door to granting rights to the so-called "third sex".
(24 Chasa, Trud, Standart, Monitor, Sega)
CAPITAL - The Bulgarian unit of IT company VMWare signed one
of the biggest deals on the real estate market in the country in
past 10 years, renting office space of 20,000 sq. m. in Sofia.
(Capital)
CAPITAL - Battery maker Monbat 5MB.BB placed bonds worth
28 million euros to fund its expansion abroad.
-- The finance ministry rejected all offers on its auction
for 25-year treasury bonds worth 100 million levs ($62.99
million) with a 2 percent coupon. The achieved average annual
yields stood at 2.98 percent which was the most likely reason
for the rejection. (Capital, Standart)
($1 = 1.5875 leva)
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