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Greece can be a success story if it sticks to agreed reforms, European Stability Mechanism (ESM) Managing Director Klaus Regling has said, adding that eurozone countries could agree on debt relief measures for Greece, if necessary, after August 2018 provided that Athens has seen through its commitments.

The Southern EU member states are exploring the possibility of forming a united camp regarding the relocation of the European Medicines Agency from London after Brexit, Greece’s Deputy Foreign Minister George Katrougalos said.

Bulgarians are the laziest nation in the EU according to British research, published by Daily Mail, cited by Dnevnik.

Last year the population of the European Union increased by 1.5 million and reached 511.8 million. This is mainly due to the immigrants who come to live on the continent. Data is from the EU statistical institute - Eurostat, quoted by Mediapool.

After eight years of a financial crisis that has sent household incomes spiraling, Greece remains an expensive country.

Eurostat data show that Greek consumers pay more than all other European Union citizens for their telephony and postal services, with price levels standing almost 40 percent above the EU average rates, and even higher than the rates in Switzerland.

The team of Botev (Plovdiv) continues to dream! The players of Nikolay Kirov finished 0:0 against Maritimo in the first game of the third round of the Europa League. The Canaries played a good game, but the luck and the defending by the guests from Portugal prevented the "yellow-black" from achieving significant tournament success. Reports Sportal.

Local residents joined firefighters in southern France on July 26 to battle blazes that have forced over 10,000 people to flee and left chunks of coastal forest a blackened mess.

In some places, locals used spades, rakes and even tree branches in a desperate bid to beat back the flames until the firefighters arrived.

For another year in Burgas will take place the Sand Sculptures Festival 2017. A total of 21 sand sculpture artists from Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Poland, Ukraine, Turkey, Germany, Latvia, Portugal and Russia are displaying their works at the 10thFestival of Sand Figures - Sand Tales - which opened in Ezero (Lake) park in the sea capital of Bulgaria.

Greece, long Europe’s economic problem child, is trying to prove that it has made progress in its recovery efforts by announcing plans to sell debt for the first time in years.

New fires rage in central Portugal. More than 2,300 firefighters with specialized equipment are struggling with to stop the fires from spreading, the France Press reported.

A big fire has covered the area of Kunchelu Branku. 800 firefighters, assisted by the local population, are involved in the extinguishing of the fire.