Bulgaria Press Review – January 20, 2011

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Hours before parliament votes on the government’s call for a confidence vote, an official analysis has shown that earlier leaked tapes of conversations between government officials have been manipulated.  The centre-right administration is likely to survive the vote.

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Tapes of conversations between the head of custom's office Vanyo Tanov and high-level state officials, including the Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, leaked to the media, have been doctored. This is the conclusion of an official interior ministry analysis.

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Drivers who  exceed the speed limit by more than 50 km per hour will be fined 350 lev (€175) and their driving licence will be suspended for three months, according  a recent law change, adopted by the parliament. At the moment the file for such a violation is 250 lev (€125).

Balkan Insight has not verified the facts in the original press reports and cannot vouch for their accuracy.