People ' s Party

A meeting of conservative GERB, right-wing RB and nationalist PF, until recently tipped to form the next Bulgarian government, has begun in Parliament.

GERB sets a deadline till Monday for the Reformist Bloc (RB) to make up its mind on the political formula of the next Bulgarian government.

After a three-hour meeting with RB representatives, GERB MEP Tomislav Donchev told journalists there were three stages - finding of the right political formula, definition of decision-making mechanisms and the make-up of the government.

Center-right GERB is "nearly ready" to have a minority government on its own, leader Boyko Borisov declared after meeting European People's Party (EPP) Group head Joseph Daul.

Speaking on the sidelines in Parliament Borisov added some of the ideas the nationalist Patriotic Front (PF) is currently setting out are putting a wheel on any cooperation with the alliance.

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European People's Party Group Chair Joseph Daul met leaders of conservative GERB party and right-wing Reformist Bloc, but also two parties to the left of the political spectrum.

During his visit to the Bulgarian capital on Tuesday Sofia Daul called on political parties to forge a center-right government.

Liberal head Klaus Iohannis, running for president of Romania in this Sunday's polls, said on Tuesday that German Chancellor Angela Merkel will not come to Romania for the electoral campaign, as having been circulated, but she will visit Bucharest after he becomes president.

The presidential candidate of Dan Diaconescu - People's Party (PP-DD), Dan Diaconescu said on Tuesday in Drobeta Turnu Severin (south-western Romania) that "if the electors go to the polls on Sunday, November 2, he will get over 1.5 million votes," and with this result, he believes he can make it to the presidential runoff.

Turkey's Energy Minister Taner Yıldız announced early Oct. 29 that the water level in the flooded Karaman mine started to decrease almost 15 hours after the incident, but hopes were fading as 18 trapped miners remained below 11,000 tonnes of water Hopes were fading on Oct.

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.