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President of the European Council Donald Tusk warned of a revolution in Greece, if the country fails to implement the harsh fiscal measures agreed upon with the EU creditors during the EU-19 Summit a Monday, July 13.

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker is in constant communication with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Francois Hollande, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and European Council Chief Donald Tusk. Sources state that an emergency teleconference is being prepared with participation of all leaders of eurozone member states.

While the Brussels negotiations are well underway, the European Council president Donald Tusk, publicly announced his belief on reaching a deal. Wanting to emphasize his message, Tusk wrote the following:

EU President Donald Tusk said Thursday he felt that talks to reach a deal on Greece's debt crisis with its creditors would end soon with a positive outcome.

"Work is underway and it can still take many hours. But I have a hunch that unlike in Sophocles' tragedies, this story will have a happy end," Tusk said as he arrived for a two-day EU leaders summit in Brussels.

Greece was told on Friday that if it does not agree a deal with lenders on Monday it will face default and a potential exit from the eurozone.

“Deal or default” was the dilemma presented by EU president Donald Tusk on Friday to the Greek government, as he prepared for an urgently called euro summit on Monday to deal with the Greek issue.

“The situation of Greece is getting critical,” Tusk said in a video message Friday.

EU president Donald Tusk told Greece to accept a debt deal with its international creditors or face defaulting as he prepared an emergency summit Monday on Athens's future in the eurozone.

China destroyed more than six hundred kilograms of ivory in front of media and diplomats May 29, as it seeks to shed its image as a global trading hub for illegal elephant tusks.

MEPs are set to demand bolder action to halt the drowning of Mediterranean migrants and refugees in a debate with the Commission’s President, Jean-Claude Juncker and Council President Donald Tusk on Wednesday at 09.00. The debate will focus on the outcome of the April  23 extraordinary European Council and a vote on a resolution will follow.

Vucic: "We did much, Serbia deserves to open chapters in June"

Aleksandar Vucic said on Tuesday "Serbia had done much on the EU integration road and deserved to open the first negotiating chapters as early as June."

The prime minister made the statement after his meeting in Brussels with European Council President Donald Tusk.