Jean-Claude Junker

The mayors of Lesvos, Chios, Samos, Leros and Kos - the five eastern Aegean islands worst hit by the refugee crisis - secured a European Union pledge of 50 million euros in emergency assistance during their recent trip to Brussels, they told reporters in Athens on Thursday. 

Since Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s meeting with European Council President Donald Tusk and European Commission President Jean-Claude Junker in Brussels on March 30, India has not received any letters from the European Union (EU) regarding bilateral trade talks. After waiting for more than one month, New Delhi has written to the EU trade negotiators for

The ‘blame game’ between Greece and its creditors over who was responsible for the break-down of negotiations continues, as Greek citizens are feeling the harsh reality of capital controls and closed banks. ECB President, Jean-Claude Junker accused the Greek government for suddenly leaving the negotiations just as the 2 sides were about to close the deal, reports Politico Europe site.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday reiterated that there was still an open channel of communication between creditors and capital control-shocked Greece

She spoke in Berlin during a during a joint press conference with the visiting PM of Kosovo, Isa Mustafa.

Eurogroup chairman Jeroen Dijsselbloem on Tuesday extended an olive branch to Athens a day ahead of a crucial meeting to discuss the stand-off over Greeces bailout, saying he was "extremely willing" to work for a solution.

European Comission President Jean-Claude Junker on Wednesday announced that Socialist MEP Romania's Corina Cretu would be European Commissioner for Regional Politics in the new Commission.

Cretu will manage a total budget of about 350 billion euro for the period 2014-2020, which makes this portfolio one of the most important in the structure of the Commission.

The five EU Commission President candidates clashed Thursday evening in a televised debate in the European Parliament chamber in Brussels.

It was their last meeting ahead of the upcoming European elections next week and also the first in which Greek leftist coalition SYRIZA's leader Alexis Tsipras, the European Left Party nominee, took part.