UK&#39;s Straw Expects Turkey&#39;s Talks With EU to Start in January
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Britain expects the European Union to start membership talks with Turkey in January, when Luxembourg assumes the EU&#39;s rotating presidency, Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said.
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European Union leaders agreed Thursday to open talks with Turkey next year on eventual EU membership, despite widespread misgivings about admitting such a large and mostly Muslim country.
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Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has arrived in northern Iraq for talks with Kurdish political leaders.
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Brussels is set to give Ankara the go-ahead this week to begin EU accession talks, but with strong reservations. The European Commission&#39;s assessment of Turkey- due to be unveiled on Wednesday - is expected
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British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw was due to hold talks with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon as part of a flurry of diplomacy intended to revive the Middle East peace process.
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After talks in Madrid, UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw says a new forum for dialogue is opening up on Gibraltar.
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UK Foreign Minister Jack Straw made an unannounced visit to Kurdistan, Northern Iraq, to meet local officials, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said.
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The European Union&#39;s head office has begun a meeting at which it is likely to recommend that Turkey open EU membership talks with one key proviso: that negotiations be halted if Ankara backtracks on sweeping democratic and human
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Turkey said Monday it favored reviving talks to reunite the long-divided island of Cyprus on the basis of a UN settlement plan by the time it starts membership negotiations with the European Union in October next year.
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The European Union spelled out tough  conditions on Friday for Turkey to start membership talks next  October ahead of final bargaining with the Turkish prime  minister at a landmark summit.
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Turkey moved closer to winning a date for the start of European Union entry negotiations after Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan pledged to heal Turkey&#39;s diplomatic standoff with new EU member Cyprus.
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European Commission  head Jose Manuel Barroso says the EU should give Turkey a clear date to start entry talks.
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The European Union spelled out tough  conditions Friday for Turkey to start membership talks next  October ahead of final bargaining with the Turkish prime  minister at a landmark summit.
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Turkey, cheered by the European Commission&#39;s backing for the start of EU entry talks, switched its focus on Thursday to a December summit of EU leaders amid
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The EU summit is set to spell out dates and terms for Turkey&#39;s bid for membership on 16-17 December. Barring a last-minute upset, negotiations may begin in autumn of 2005.
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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is in Brussels to make a final pitch before next week&#39;s EU summit for the 25-nation bloc to set a date for his country to begin membership talks.
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After years of delays, the European Union&#39;s head office is likely to recommend that Turkey begin membership talks with the bloc - an endorsement that comes with one key