PRESS DIGEST - Bulgaria - Oct 4

SOFIA, Oct 4 (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.

-- Together with my Romanian counterpart, Teodor Melesanu, we agreed that the enlargement of the European Union should continue with the Western Balkans and the Eastern Partnership countries, as it will guarantee the security and stability of the whole continent, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva said (Trud, Standart, Monitor)

-- Bulgaria and Romania signed a joint statement on deepening cooperation for joint actions to exchange information and experience in the field of youth employment, labour mobility, child protection policies, healthy and safe working conditions, gender equality and fight against domestic violence (Standart, 24 Chasa, Trud, Monitor)

-- Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov and Romanian Prime Minister Mihai Tudose opened a new border crossing, linking Bulgaria´s Kainardzha and Romania´s Lipnitsa (Standart, Trud, 24 Chasa, Monitor)

-- Sofia mayor Yordanka Fandukova said that she would terminate contracts with two companies which had been chosen to do street repairs, because the quality of their work was considered poor (Standart, Trud)

-- The new line-up of Bulgaria´s Supreme Judicial Council took their oaths of office in a ceremony at the Palace of Justice in Sofia (Trud, Standart)

-- ll doctors and all medical staff at the hospital in the northwestern town of Vratsa plan to resign collectively due to the severe financial condition of the hospital and the inability of the staff to perform their basic duties in accordance with the rules of good medical practice (Standart, Telegraf)

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