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Bulgaria's Parliament will vote on Friday on the nomination of Prime Minister designate Boyko Borisov and the coalition cabinet he has formed.

The voting procedure will start at 9 EEST (7 UTC).

Bulgaria's centre-right-GERB and right-wing Reformist Bloc (RB) on Thursday signed an agreement to form a coalition government.

The agreement was signed by GERB leader Boyko Borisov and RB's two co-leaders Meglena Kuneva and Radan Kanev. 

ABV, the leftist party of former President Georgi Parvanov will support the governance programme of GERB and the Reformist Bloc (RB), said deputy ABV leader Ivaylo Kalfin at a news conference.

According to Paranov, Kalfin would get a post as deputy Prime Minister and minister of social policy in the new government of Bulgaria.

Bulgaria is only a transit country for combatants of the Islamic State (IS) terrorist organisation the European counter-terrorism coordinator Gilles de Kerchoves and Europol head Rob Wainwright said in European Parliament.

The leader of center-right party GERB, Boyko Borisov, who was given a government mandate by President Rosen Plevneliev on Wednesday, is expected to announce whether he will form a cabinet or return the mandate.

Centre-right parties GERB, Reformist Bloc (RB) and the nationalist coalition Patriotic Front (PF) agreed on a common governance programme, after nearly eight hours of negotiations, reports the BNT public broadcaster.

The left-wing party of President of Bulgaria (2002-2012) Georgi Parvanov would likely support GERB's government as well.

President Rosen Plevneliev has given Bulgaria's biggest party GERB a mandate to form a government.

GERB leader Boyko Borisov was handed the mandate after he and three other representatives of the party carried out consultations with the head of state.

Borisov announced he will either have a cabinet ready or return the mandate within 24 hours.

Left-wing ABV will study options for joining a coalition government of GERB and the Reformist Bloc if those two political forces accept ABV's proposals, Ivailo Kalfin, chairman of ABV's group in Parliament has said.

Conservative GERB is refusing to adhere to some of the commitments on which it agreed with the Patriotic Front, PF's co-leader explained on Wednesday.

Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev is to give GERB leader Boyko Borisov the government mandate on Wednesday.

The move follows a few days of consultations with political parties at Bulgaria's Presidency.

Plevneliev has to hold the last round of talks, attended by the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP), prior to meeting Borisov.