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Coalition leaders Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and Deputy Prime Minister Evangelos Venizelos expect their government to comfortably survive next Friday’s vote of confidence in Parliament.

The two men met for the second time in two days on Thursday and government sources said that both are confident that they will rally the 154 New Democracy and PASOK MPs for the vote.

Bulgaria's nominee for the European Commission Kristalina Georgieva was unanimously approved for EC VP for Budget and Human Resources by the group representatives in the European Parliament committees, reports the Club Z website, quoting sources in Brussels.

The process to begin the construction of Turkey’s first nuclear power plant has accelerated, said Taner Yıldız, the Turkish energy minister.

President Vladimir Putin dismissed Western sanctions as "utter foolishness" on Oct. 2and said they would not stop Russia developing into a stronger economic power.

Innocent lives were lost due to a blatant non-compliance with prescriptions and rules established by state institutions on how to work with explosive materials, Bulgaria's President said Thursday.

Rosen Plevneliev made his first public comments after Wednesday's huge blast at the Midzhur explosives plant which officials say took the lives of fifteen people who were inside.

The government must secure a vote of confidence in Parliament. Any other development would see the country enter very turbulent waters. Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and his cabinet must again try to win the trust of those who voted for them in 2012. A two-speed government whose members are constantly bickering does not inspire confidence.

Novinite.com is interviewing ambassadors of Bulgaria's main trading partners as well as neighboring countries. Here is the interview with the Ambassador of France to Bulgaria Xavier Lapeyre de Cabanes.

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BELGRADE - Armenia Minister of Foreign Affairs Eduard Nalbandyan started a visit to Serbia by meeting with Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic on Wednesday.

Dacic greeted his Armenian counterpart at the Palace of Serbia, where they should sign a Memorandum of Understanding between the Diplomatic Academy of the Republic of Serbia and Diplomatic School of Armenia.

BELGRADE - The Serbian Foreign Ministry denies allegations about it not allowing the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina to be presented at a forthcoming conference of European regions at Serbia's Mission to the EU in Brussels.

US anger at new Israeli settlements and Israel's skepticism over American nuclear diplomacy with Iran stirred new discord Wednesday between Obama and Netanyahu