PRESS DIGEST - Bulgaria - Dec 13

SOFIA, Dec 13 (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.

-- Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov will meet Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg in Sofia to discuss the priorities during the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union next year and other issues on the European agenda (Trud, Standart, 24 Chasa, Monitor)

-- The commission for protection of competition said in a statement it has allowed Bulgarian company SIGDA OOD to acquire the Varna thermal power plant from Czech power utility CEZ Group The plant, with an installed capacity of 1,260 MW, has been shut down since January 2015 due to non-compliance with environmental limits set in its permit (Standart, Monitor)

-- Nearly 26 percent of Bulgarians pay with a debit card for their online purchases, an eight percentage points increase compared to 2016, a Visa study showed. Bulgarians make their online purchases most often in e-commerce stores (42 pct), large international retailers (23 pct), other international online stores (18 pct) and collectible shopping websites (18 pct) (Standart, Monitor)

-- Bulgaria´s National Health Insurance Fund expects a deficit of 38 million levs ($22.84 million) at the end of the year, fund´s spokesperson Maria Petkova said

-- Bulgarian Foreign Ministry issued a travel advisory for Greece, warning travellers to expect disruptions on Thursday because of the 24-hour general strike in Bulgaria´s southern neighbor (Standart, 24 Chasa, Trud)

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