EU&#39;s stand on Cyprus rewritten in membership talks offer
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BRUSSELS, Belgium: European Union and Turkish officials have rewritten the Cyprus portion of the EU&#39;s proposal on starting membership talks for Turkey, Turkish officials said Friday, raising hopes Ankara could accept a deal leading to full EU membership.
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Austriaâs conservative government said yesterday that it wanted a decision from the European Union summit on December 17, to remain open to offering Turkey less than full membership, a prospect dismissed by Turkey.
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The European Union is to launch talks on drafting a new treaty to reform the 27-member bloc.
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Supporters found plenty of reasons to cheer the European Unionâs recommendation of yesterday for talks to begin on making Muslim-majority Turkey a member.
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Cypriot President Tassos Papadopoulos said he had invited Turkey for talks over contentious issues that he has hinted could lead to a Cypriot veto of Ankara's EU membership bid.
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HELSINKI/BRUSSELS  - A last-minute offer by Turkey to open a major port to traffic from Cyprus in a bid to avert a partial suspension of its European Union membership talks sowed confusion among EU governments on Thursday.
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The European Commission confirmed it had recommended on Wednesday a partial suspension of Turkey's negotiations to join the European Union over its failure to open its ports to traffic from Cyprus.
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Cyprus fired a warning shot  across the bows of its European Union partners on Friday as  ambassadors met to consider an apparent softening of Turkey's  refusal to open its ports to trade with the Greek Cypriots.
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HAMISH ROBERTSON: In an historic decision, the leaders of the European Union have agreed to open membership talks with Turkey, after the Turkish Prime Minister pledged to recognise the Greek-Cypriot Government next year.
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Some European Union countries are seeking tougher sanctions on Turkey than the partial freeze in membership talks proposed by the European Commission over its failure to open ports to ships from Cyprus, Reuters ...Comment
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Turkey offers to open one port and one airport to traffic from Cyprus, hoping to revive EU membership talks.
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Brussels has said the EU&#39;s newest members should adopt the euro in one step, in contrast to the currency&#39;s original phased introduction.
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The European Union and Turkey inched  toward a historic agreement on starting membership talks on  Friday as EU leaders softened their demands on the crucial  sticking point of Cyprus.
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The European Union and Turkey reached  a historic agreement on starting membership talks on Friday  after Ankara said it would sign a pact acknowledging Cyprus as  an EU member.
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European Union leaders agreed Thursday to open negotiations with Turkey next year on eventual EU membership, but the Turkish premier said more talks were needed - presumably over the divided island of Cyprus - ...
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The European Union presidency yesterday expressed optimism that a deal could be struck over Turkey's refusal to recognize Cyprus in the lead-up to next weekend's EU summit, which will decide whether to give ...
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The European Commission decided on Wednesday to recommend a partial suspension of Turkey's negotiations to join the European Union after it failed to open its ports to EU member Cyprus, EU sources said.