PRESS DIGEST - Bulgaria - Nov 29

SOFIA, Nov 29 (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 travels abroad increased by 8.7 percent in October on an annual basis, statistics office data showed. Some 439,000 Bulgarians have traveled mainly to Austria, Greece, Romania and Serbia. (Trud, Monitor, Duma, Capital Daily)

-- Bulgaria's foreign debt decreased by 3.4 percent to 32.9 billion euros ($39.01 billion) at the end of September, central bank data showed. (Trud, Monitor)

-- The revenues of the software industry increased by 14 percent last year and are expected to reach 2.3 billion levs ($1.39 billion) in 2017, the Bulgarian Association of Software Companies said. The average monthly salary in the IT sector reached 2,885 levs, up some 200 levs compared to a year ago. (Trud, Standart, Monitor, Capital Daily, 24 Chasa)

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