PRESS DIGEST - Bulgaria - May 11

SOFIA, May 11 (Reuters) - These are some of the main stories in Bulgarian newspapers on Monday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

GENERAL AND POLITICS

DNEVNIK - About half of the Bulgarians say unemployment will soar up over the next 12 months due to the economic crisis, a report by the stats office shows.

- The prosecutor's office will charge Maria Murgina, former head of the State Revenue Agency, with criminal breach of trust (Dnevnik, 24 Chasa, Trud, Klasa, Duma, Novinar).

ECONOMY

- Economists from the ruling Socialist party suggest the social insurance burden be cut from some 19 percent to 14 percent, Economy and Energy Minister Petar Dimitrov said (Trud, Pari, Sega).

BUSINESS

DNEVNIK - Bulgaria's fuel distributor Petrol PETB.BB posted a profit of less than 800,000 levs ($539,100) for the first quarter of 2009, down 99 percent on an annual basis.

- China's largest sport utility vehicle maker, Great Wall Motor Co (2333.HK), and Bulgaria's Litex start the construction of a 80 million euro ($105.4 million) car plant near the northern town of Lovech (Trud, Klasa).

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