Ouroumov arranged for the UDF mayor of Bratsigovo to have 72,000 election posters and leaflets printed for free by the Ministry's publishers, the dailies say. The selection of a private national TV operator was postponed for late December, some of the dailies say, quoting the selection commission's chairman Vesselin Stoikov. He asked for the deadline to be extended in view of the pending amendments to the Telecoms Act and sale of the Telecoms Company. Bulgaria has 250-megawatt facilities generating electricity for export to Turkey on a permanent basis and another 250 MW will be added to them.
Most dailies say Turkey has rationed electricity following a drop in the pressure in a gas pipeline.
Hundreds of people were saved from poisoning thanks to the inspectors. The daily says even life sentences would not be enough for the sadists who reap profits by killing people. The future of 460 art students is unclear, according to the trade union. The daily elaborates on Defence Minister Georgi Ananiev's initiative to set up a council for civilian military planning in the region, which will cope with the consequences of natural disasters and accidents. It should involve Bulgaria, Turkey, Macedonia, Greece, Romania, Slovenia, Albania and Italy.