December 29 (SeeNews) - Following are some of the main stories in Bulgarian media on Tuesday morning. SeeNews has not verified these reports and cannot vouch for their accuracy.
KLASA
- Bulgaria is among the three European countries with the slowest rate of economic recovery, U.S. real estate services firm Cushman & Wakefield said in a report. Ireland and Hungary share with Bulgaria similar economic difficulties such as indebtedness of the population, high unemployment and limited demand for real estate property.
DNEVNIK
- The minimum state-controlled monthly salary in Bulgaria will remain 240 levs next year, while the minimum hourly wage will be 1.42 levs, the Bulgarian government said after negotiations with trade unions and business representatives.
MONITOR
- The number of Bulgarians who travelled abroad in November dropped 22% on the year to 295,700. The number of foreigners who visited Bulgaria in the same month fell 8.9% year-on-year to 338,800.
BULGARIAN NATIONAL RADIO
- Bulgaria has set preliminary conditions for the launching of negotiations on new gas supply deals with Russia, Bulgaria’s Economy, Energy and Tourism Minister Traycho Traykov said in an interview with the Bulgarian National Radio. Besides signing contracts with Moscow for the supply of Russian gas without intermediaries, Bulgaria is seeking an option to be allowed to re-export Russian gas to third countries if it can not absorb the agreed supply volumes itself.
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