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Energy Minister Taner Yıldız has announced that time is running out in the flooded Karaman mine as the water level keeps rising a meter every two hours. 'This is the third flooding,' a survivor has said, blaming the operating company 18 workers have been trapped at a coal mine in the Central Anatolian province of Karaman on Oct. 28.

The appeals court freed Federation Agriculture Minister Jerko Ivankovic Lijanovic and Federation Trade Minister Milorad Bahilj on bail on Friday ahead of their trial after they spent a month and a half in custody on remand.

Also released were three other suspects in the tax fraud case, Ivankovic Lijanovic's brothers Jozo and Slavo, and Bahilj's colleague Mirko Galic.

Prime Minister Victor Ponta, the presidential hopeful of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) on Friday told a press conference in Oradea that the Transport Master Plan was not signed by the incumbent Cabinet, on the one hand and on the other that the U.S. company in charge of the master plan is the world's largest in this sector.

With as many as 59 per cent of Romanians saying they will go to the ballot boxes in the first round of the presidential election this November, 40.6 per cent claimed they will vote for the Social Democratic Party (PSD) leader Victor Ponta and 30.1 per cent for Klaus Iohannis, the National Liberal Party (PNL) Chairman, reveals an INSCOP poll, conducted over October 2-8 and released

BELGRADE - Serbia's Minister without Portfolio in charge of European Integration Jadranka Joksimovic met on Saturday with members of the Youth of the European People's Party (YEPP) from 22 European countries, currently on a three-day visit to Belgrade, and informed them about the process of European integration.

BELGRADE - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic met on Saturday with the representatives of Youth of the European People's Party (YEPP) and said that Serbia is the pillar of stability in the West Balkans, adding that the initiated economic reforms will bring prosperity to the country and its citizens.

BELGRADE - Belgrade Mayor Sinisa Mali received on Thursday at the Old Palace the members of the European People's Party (EPP) youth organization, and introduced them to the city and its potential, pointing to Belgrade as the city of the young.

MPs in Turkey have passed a bill allowing the country's army to carry out operations against Sunni militant group Islamic State (IS) outside the country.

The motion comprises the territories of Syria and Iraq, the two countries where IS is based and which have the longest border with Turkey.

Fourteen candidates are participating in the presidential election of this autumn.

BRUSSELS - David McAllister of the European People's Party (EPP) is set to become the new European Parliament (EP) rapporteur for Serbia, Tanjug has learned at the MEP's office.

McAllister's appointment has been made at a closed-door EPP meeting, but it is yet to be officially confirmed by the EP's Committee on Foreign Affairs.