Merkel

Bulgaria might abandon the idea to resort to EU Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva as a new UN Secretary General nomination, proposing her alongside current nominee Irina Bokova instead, news website Mediapool.bg reports, citing "sources".

Ms Merkel’s coalition partners ,as well as Germany’s press, are putting the blame on the Chancellor after her unprecedented defeat in Sunday’s elections.
After the CDU’s electoral defeat in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, tensions in the CDU-CSU union have intensified. Bavarian State Premier Horst Seehofer has blamed Merkel’s refugee policy for the AfD’s success.

Bulgaria should receive financial assistance from the EU to deal with the inflow of refugees and migrants and step up border protection, President Rosen Plevneliev has said.

In his words, the need to provide accommodation, medical services, and food to migrants is placing a big burden on the budget.

Head of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats (ALDE) group in the European Parliament Guy Verhofstadt spoke with Proto Thema prior to his meeting with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Monday at 1 p.m. The former Belgian prime minister spoke of the challenges that lie before Greece and pointed to the need for real reforms.

Deutsche Welle’s interview with former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis, titled “Varoufakis: ‘I am proud of Merkel!'” gives an explanation of the situation in Greece in relation to his daughter who lives in Australia.

President Erdoğan hosted German Chancellor Merkel on Oct. 18 to discuss financial aid to Syrian refugees. But the gaudy throne-like armchairs in the hall have created a social media storm

German government  spokesperson Steffen Seibert said the deal between Greece and the EU institutions was on the right track, adding however, that the Chancellor would be in a position to comment in greater detail by the end of next week, after looking at the actual document.

The ongoing impasse between the Greek government and its EU partners regarding the terms of a new bailout agreement that would avert the Eurozone member-state from leaving the common currency has prompted a more active intervention by the United States.

After meeting Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic in Belgrade on Wednesday, Merkel told a press conference that Belgrade has shown great flexibility in the Brussels-backed dialogue to normalise relations with Kosovo.

Developments over the negotiations with lenders are moving at a torrential pace. According to valid sources, PM Alexis Tsipras has made the decision to call the government Cabinet tonight in order to evaluate the lenders’ proposal and set the strategy to be followed in tomorrow’s Eurogroup.