Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria

Boyko Borisov's GERB party is struggling to assemble a working majority in parliament after winning most votes in Bulgaria's general elections on October 5.

Rumen Yonchev, from Bulgaria without Censorship, said his centrist coalition will offer "preliminary support" to the Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria, GERB.

Conservative GERB party and the centrist coalition Bulgaria without Censorship are set to meet for consultations in Parliament.

BwC's Rumen Yonchev told private national NOVA TV his coalition was offering "preliminary support" to the center-right party.

Right-wing Reformist Bloc is the third political force to meet conservative GERB as part of the consultations to form a coalition government with shared responsibility.

Politicization at the Interior Ministry is the biggest problem with probes into vote-buying schemes in Bulgaria, caretaker Deputy Interior Minister Filip Gunev said Monday.

The two biggest Bulgarian parties failed to shake hands at the consultations held in Parliament on Monday.

After the four-hour-long talks, Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria (GERB) and the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) took no decision to jointly participate in a coalition government.

Bulgaria should have either a center-right alliance or a grand coalition, interim Prime Minister Georgi Bliznashki believes.

According to the statement of the Central Electoral Commission (CEC), Bulgaria's elections watchdog, lawmaker seats in the 43rd National Assembly are distributed as follows:

Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria (GERB) - 84 seats

Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) - 39 seats

Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS) - 38 seats

Reformist Bloc (RB) - 23 seats

Boyko Borisov, whose centre-right GERB party came top in the recent general election, is ready to give ministerial posts to other parties in exchange for their support, he said in an interview.

Borisov told the Pressa daily that he was willing to make compromises in exchange for support for his government, but would not accept conditions for posts.

Conservative GERB party, which won the early elections on October 5, will hold a first round of negotiations on a next cabinet on Monday, October 13, party officials say.

Argir Boyadzhiev has been removed from the post of director and member of the Board of Directors of Port Burgas.

Bulgaria's caretaker Transport Minister has appointed Ivan Kapitanov as a new member of the Board of Directors of Port Burgas.