Budapest

Hungarian investigators have found a highly inflammable substance in a bag purportedly containing a homemade bomb which was found on a bus traveling from Prague to Varna.

The bus had a majority of Bulgarian passengers and a Bulgarian driver. The suspicious package was found while the vehicle had stopped in Budapest. No-one was injured.

NATO's Parliamentary Assembly at its spring session in Budapest on Monday approved a declaration recommending member states to "demonstrate commitment" to the open door policy and decide on Montenegro's membership invitation by the end of 2015.

A terror attack is the least likely version to explain the incident with a suspected "homemade bomb" found in a bus traveling from Prague (Czech Rep.) to Varna in Bulgaria, a counter-terrorism expert has said.

MEP Sergey Stanishev, who heads the Party of European Socialists (PES), is now officially running for a second term, a recent post on Facebook has suggested.

Stanishev has used his profile to remind that he will take part in the election that is to be held in Budapest on June 12-13, at a congress of his party.

The person who placed the bomb in the bus travelling from Prague to Varna was either a Czech or Slovakian citizen. The statement was made by manager of the transportation company Omega Group, Dragomir Petkov in an interview for bTV.

A bomb has been found in a bus full of Bulgarian passengers. The incident occurred on Sunday afternoon in Budapest, Hungary, as reported by bTV quoting the transportation company Omega Group.

The bus was travelling from Prague to Varna and the device has been found in a luggage that did not belong to any of the passengers in the bus.

Countries in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), including Turkey, are expected to see strong economic growth, while those in Southeastern Europe (SEE) will grow more slowly, according to "Mind the Credit Gap," the IMF's new Regional Economic Issues report released on May 10.

By Alexandra Kassimi

Over 140 weekly flights on new routes, an additional 189 flights on existing routes and 10 new destinations make up the picture at Athens International Airport this summer, which will likely be a very busy one.

AGERPRES special correspondent Catalin Alexandru reports: Romania's Foreign Minister Bogdan Aurescu on Thursday said he called on Hungary's Foreign Ministry to forward to the relevant authorities of Hungary Romania's call on Hungary to observe the European legislation in the case of fugitive former MP Marko Attila.

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