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If the current good cooperation between Greece and the institutions continues, there will soon be a deal on the second list of prior actions, European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, Pierre Moscovici, said on Thursday during a press conference in Brussels.

European Commission Vice president Valdis Dombrovskis is in Athens on Monday at a crucial time for Greece’s negotiations with the representatives of three of its creditors (European Commission, European Central Bank, International Monetary Fund).

Arriving for Eurogroup’s meeting in Luxembourg on Monday, European Commissioner Pierre Moscovici said Greece must fulfill its commitments made to its creditors by implemented the required reforms.

Vice president of European Commission Frans Timmermans and EU Commissioner of Migration Dimitris Avramopoulos visited Kos Island to talk about the refugee problem.

The number of migrants arriving in Hungary is "unprecedented," EU Commissioner for Migration Dimitris Avramopoulos has said.

He at the same time warned against "unilateral solutions."

 Commissioner says Dublin II, which burdens Greece, could be amended

European Commissioner for Migration Dimitris Avramopoulos on Friday hailed a European plan aimed at distributing immigrants and refugees across EU member-states in a way that spreads the burden while tackling a humanitarian problem.

Macedonian political leaders have agreed that early parliamentary elections should be held by the end of April next year, EU Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn, said on Tuesday.

Germany's EU Commissioner Guenter Oettinger said on Monday it might still be possible for Greece and its creditors to reach a deal this week.

Greece and its international creditors are "three quarters of the way" to reaching a deal, EU Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs Pierre Moscovici said Thursday.

Greece will be looking with interest Wednesday at the news emerging from Brussels, where the European Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship is expected to announce a plan to relocate about 40,000 refugees from Italy and Greece.