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The quota system for migrant relocation is currently the only possible and right option for Europe, Deputy Prime Minister Meglena Kuneva has said.

In a statement to the media also published on her own blog, she has urged on leaders to adopt the plan proposed by the EU Commission and backed by all but for interior ministers at a Tuesday meeting in Luxembourg.

Only with the cooperation of both the United States and Russia can the conflict in Syria be solved, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has said.

Speaking in front of reporters in Parliament, where he arrived to urge support for constitutional changes, he also commented on the migrant crisis and the roots it has in the Syrian conflict.

As many as 852 migrants will be immediately relocated to Bulgaria under the first phase of a EU quota scheme approved by a majority of EU's interior ministers on Wednesday.

Of these, 201 will be relocated from Italy, and 651 will come from Greece, the Bulgarian News Agency (BTA) has said.

At the extraordinary meeting of the Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Council of the European Union on Tuesday, the interior ministers of the member states adopted with a large majority the proposal of the European Commission for the relocation of 120 000 refugees.

Lithuania is perceived to be the country with the most widespread government corruption, according to an international survey conducted by Gallup in 40 countries (Greece was not included). Gallup conducted phone interviews to countries with a free press asking respondents whether they believed there there was extensive corruption in their governments.

EU Minister of Justice and Interior approved a plan on the relocation of 120,000 refugees and immigrants from Greece, Italy and Hungary to other EU member-states during their extra ordinary session in Brussels, Tuesday. The EU countries reached a majority agreement as Ministers from the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania and Hungary voted against the proposed redistribution plan.

An extraordinary meeting of the Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Council of the European Union over the refugee crisis is scheduled to take place in Brussels on Tuesday.

The interior ministers will discuss the proposal of the European Commission for the emergency relocation of 120 000 people from member states exposed to massive migratory flows, namely Italy, Greece and Hungary.

Up to three people are feared dead following an explosion at a firearms ammunition factory in the Czech Republic on Monday, CTK reported.

The blast of gunpowder occurred at the Sellier & Bellot factory in the town of Vlasim, 60 km south of Prague.

Foreign ministers from four ex-Communist countries of eastern Europe are meeting on Monday with officials from the current EU president Luxembourg to declare their opposition to a proposal to introduce binding quotas for redistribution of migrants among EU member states.

The European Parliament on Thursday gave the green light to a plan put forward by the EU Commission under which 120 000 migrants will be relocated from Greece, Italy, and Hungary.