Jean Claude Juncker

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has expressed his hope that Cyprus will be reunited in the first six months of 2016, in a press briefing on Friday. "I am very confident that in the first six months of this year...

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker is looking for a change in the European Union member-state's approach to the challenges the union faces. In an article he penned on the Project Syndicate on the need for European solidarity and collective action, Juncker...

The European Commission and its President Jean-Claude Juncker personally are confident that 2016 will be the year to bring along a resolution of the Cyprus issue, according to EC spokesperson Mina Andreeva. The EC Spokesperson, answering a CNA question during...

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker reiterated his request that Greece and Turkey should conduct joint patrols in the Aegean, a proposal that Athens has rejected. Juncker spoke in Frankfurt on the occasion of his one-year anniversary in the Commission presidency. The...

Austrian Interior Minister Johanna Mikl-Leitner says Austria will build a fence along its border with Slovenia to slow the tide of migrants crossing into the country. Mikl-Leitner made the announcement Wednesday, saying the fence will be meant to ensure controlled,...

The European Union -- in an effort to ease the burden on Greece and eastern European countries caused by the influx of migrants --says it will set up 100,000 places in reception centers in Greece and along the migrants'...

The European Commission is planning to create a huge refugee reception center in Athens, Greece, to address the great influx of migrants in the country, according to German weekly news magazine Der Spiegel. The center is designed to host 40,000 - 50,000 people...

Three months after Greece signed the third bailout agreement requiring harsh measures and reforms, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras "managed" to sign a worse deal than the one he asked Greek people to...

Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias said Greece is not willing to conduct joint patrols with the Turkish navy in the Aegean Sea in order to deal with the refugee influx. "This would mean Turkish vessels entering our territorial waters, a move which...

A meeting on Wednesday between Greece's Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker focused mainly on the European Council to discuss the refugee crisis and the need for a common European solution, EU sources said. The meeting...