1.   The appointment of a deputy parliamentary chairman, Yuri Yarov, as a Deputy Prime Minister, was viewed as a concession to conservative deputies.

2.   London bookmakers placed best odds on Michael Heseltine, the Conservative deputy prime minister, who is also viewed as a moderate on the divisive issue of Europe.

3.   One politician, Michael Heseltine, the Conservative deputy prime minister, has been trying for some time to buy his own puppet.

4.   A small firebomb exploded Wednesday outside the private office of Vasillis Kontogiannopoulos, a conservative deputy and former education minister, causing some damage but no injuries.

5.   A leading conservative deputy quit the governing Motherland Party Wednesday to protest its plan to curb religious education, an issue which has divided the nation recently.

6.   A small firebomb exploded Wednesday outside the private office of Vasillis Kontogiannopoulos, a conservative deputy and former education minister, causing damage but no injuries.

7.   Blair was urged Saturday by former Conservative deputy prime minister Lord Heseltine to seize the initiative on the euro by leading a campaign pushing for British entry.

8.   But a group of conservative deputies in her center-right True Path Party launched a resistance campaign this week.

9.   But they hope to win support from other conservative Macedonian deputies.

10.   Conservative deputies said that they would vote against the Socialist proposal.