November 13 (SeeNews) - Following are some of the main stories in Bulgarian newspapers on Friday morning. SeeNews has not verified these reports and cannot vouch for their accuracy.
DNEVNIK
- The Bulgarian cabinet forecasts 1.8% inflation in 2009 and 2.2% inflation in 2010. A more conservative estimate of the International Monetary Fund predicts consumer prices in Bulgaria will rise 1.5% in 2009 and increase by rise another 1.7% in 2010. UniCredit Bulbank foresees deflation of 2.5% in 2009. Shrinking consumption in Bulgaria fueled 0.3% deflation in October, year on year, nationals statistic data shows.
- Bulgaria’s Transport, IT and Telecommunications minister Alexander Tsvetkov called for the scrapping of the Public Broadcast Act. According to Tcvetkov the legislation artificially divides transmission from the broadcast of TV signals and burdens the government budget with 300 million levs ($229 million/153.4 million euro) for development and maintenance of networks for broadcast of the Bulgarian National Television and the Bulgarian National Radio. The ministry suggests that TV and radio broadcasting and transmission services go entirely into private hands.
PARI
- Spain’s Nebosol plans to invest 120 million euro ($179.1 million) in photovoltaic plants with a combined capacity of 40 megawatts in Bulgaria. All solar parks will be located in Southeastern Bulgaria and will become operational between 2010 and 2011. The company has just opened the biggest photovoltaic power plant in the Balkan region located near the Bulgarian town of Yambol. The eight million euro solar park has a two megawatt capacity.
- The survival of Bulgaria’s state-run railway operator BDZ is uncertain as its cargo volumes will probably plummet under 10,000 tonnes in 2009, well below the critical minimum of 13,000 tonnes, the newspaper reported. Private railway operators in Bulgaria offer 30% lower freight rates.
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