Manfred Weber

Sofia. Prime Minister Boyko Borissov met with ambassadors to Bulgaria in connection with the murder in Ruse, Focus News Agency reports.

The President of the Senate, Calin Popescu Tariceanu, declared on Wednesday evening, that the leader of the European People's Party in the European Parliament, Manfred Weber, does not know the situation in Romania, after saying that he is "extremely worried about the situation in Romania".

Prime Minister Viorica Dancila, who is paying a visit to Brussels, met on Wednesday with co-chairs of the European Parliament's Greens-European Free Alliance (Greens-EFA) Franziska Maria Keller and Philippe Lamberts, whom she presented the political situation of Romania and the reform programme initiated by the Government.

Tsvetan Tsvetanov, the Deputy Chairperson of GERB (majority partner in the ruling coalition), has become a member of Europol Management Board. There he will represent the Joint Parliamentary Scrutiny Group of the Agency. Tsvetanov's election to this position was made with full consensus by the delegations of all national parliaments and the European Parliament.

The European People's Party lead candidate for Commission president in next year's European Parliament election, Manfred Weber, said that the dismal situation at reception centers for asylum seekers in Greece does not represent the bloc.

The European Parliament's vote to censure Hungary presents the assembly's dominant centre-right bloc with a dilemma over whether to retain its populist Hungarian allies or expel them months before elections.

German MEP Manfred Weber, who is endorsed by chancellor Angela Merkel to take over the presidency of the European Commission, has stated on Wednesday that the justice amendments are affecting not only Romania's bid to join Schengen area, but also the ones of Bulgaria and Croatia.

European People's Party president Manfred Weber welcomed on Sunday Greece's completion of its third bailout program, but said the country could have exited sooner if it wasn't run by the SYRIZA-led coalition.

Prime Minister Boyko Borisov participated in the discussion "Protecting together the security of the West, the defense alliance and its impact on the transatlantic relations", moderated by the chairman of the EPP Group in the European Parliament Manfred Weber.

The discussion is part of the events at the Munich Security Conference, the government's press service said.

The Euro Parliament leader of the European People's Party Manfred Weber on Thursday expressed his support for Greece's conservative New Democracy opposition.

"We have complete trust in ND, Greece's pro-European party, and in @kmitsotakis," Weber tweeted, in Greek, referring to conservative chief Kyriakos Mitsotakis.