Mina Andreeva

President-elect Ursula von der Leyen expects UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson to submit his candidacy for EU commissioner.

This is necessary because the United Kingdom is still a full member of the European Union, said EC spokeswoman Mina Andreeva, quoted by ITAR TASS.

On November 11, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker will undergo surgery for the treatment of aneurysms, according to his spokeswoman Mina Andreeva, confirming information from France's press obtained from Juncker's surroundings.

According to the President's relatives, it is an abdominal aortic aneurysm.

The next President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, has approved the candidates for the European Commissioners of France and Hungary Thierry Breton and Oliver Varhelyi. This was announced today by EC spokesman Mina Andreeva, quoted by BNR.

Von der Leyen conducted the two interviews last night.

The  European Commission said it "deeply deplores" the death of a woman and injury of her child during a fire inside the overcrowded migrant camp of Moria, Lesvos, over the weekend, describing it as a "truly tragic event."

The European Commission on Tuesday hailed a decision by the Greek government to lift the remaining barriers to the movement of capital in the country as of September, calling it an "important milestone."