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The European Parliament's Budgets Committee on August 29 approved the European Union's Solidarity Fund (EUSF) to support reconstruction in Greece, Poland, Lithuania and Bulgaria following natural disasters in 2017.

European Council President Donald Tusk expressed his condolences to the people of Greece after wildfires claimed at least 80 lives.

"I'm very saddened by the tragic forest fires in Greece," Tusk said in a tweet posted on the account of the European Council.

"Europe will stand by our Greek friends in these difficult times. Help is on its way from several EU countries."

The European Parliament will meet in Strasbourg this week with Prime Minister Boyko Borisov's report on the work of the first Bulgarian presidency of the Council of the EU.

"With friends like that, who needs enemies."

That was how Donald Tusk, one of the European Union's top officials, took President Trump to task on Wednesday, offering the latest look at how the Continent's leaders are trying to come to terms with the United States' shifting policy on issues like the Iran nuclear deal.

Britain must come up with a solution for the Irish border after Brexit or there will be no divorce deal or transition period, EU President Donald Tusk warned on April 18.

The European Union and Turkey reaffirmed at a summit in Bulgaria their commitment to a refugee accord intended to prevent an influx of Mideast asylum seekers, but achieved no progress in resolving Ankara's disputes with Greece and Cyprus, Bloomberg reported.

The European Union does not want to "build a wall" with the UK when it leaves the bloc, EU President Donald Tusk said by announcing a draft negotiation guidelines for relations after Brexit, reports AFP.

European Council President Donald Tusk says the issue of managing flows of migrants to Europe will be a challenge faced for "many years to come."

Speaking in Vienna after meeting Tuesday with Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, Tusk said he and the Austrian leader had "similar views" on the issue of migration.

By 447 votes in favor and 196 against, MEPs voted to deprive the European Parliament's deputy - Polish Ryszard Czarnecki, of his post. He was dismissed for insulting words towards  Rosa Thun, a fellow countryman in parliament, according to BGNews.

Poland will not make any concessions in its dispute with the European Union over the country's judicial reforms, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, the head of the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party, said on Friday, quoted by Reuters.