Portugal defends Turkey's EU bid
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The next holder of the EU presidency rejects a French bid to debate on Turkey's EU membership bid.
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The European Union (EU) must admit Turkey in order to show that it is not opposed to Islam and it is not a Christian Club, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday.
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Cypriot President Tassos Papadopoulos said he had invited Turkey for talks on issues that could hurt its bid to join the European Union, as Greece joined in warning Ankara it could only join if it recognizes Cyprus.
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Portuguese PM Jose Socrates travels to London for talks with Gordon Brown on Portugal's EU presidency.
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Portugal's Prime Minister Jose Socrates vowed to legalize abortion after voters backed the move in a referendum even though turnout was not high enough to make it binding.
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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called for active measures aimed at solving the Cyprus issue. Erdogan said Turkey can&#39;t protect its interests in Cyprus if Turkey
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It is not yet clear whether voters in Portugal will have their say on the European Constitution.
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The EU presidency says Turkey's offer to open a port to Cypriot traffic is not enough to break the deadlock.
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EU farm commissioner Franz Fischler on Friday became the latest Brussels critic to raise doubts over Turkey&#39;s hopes of joining the bloc, as wrangling over Ankara&#39;s EU bid heats up.
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TDN- Erdogan stressed in his post `yes` remarks that Turkey and the EU were now in the same team, not adversaries. We hope that will be the conviction of EU leaders, particularly when they meet on Dec.
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The Turkish prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, touring Europe to gain support for Turkey's proposed membership in the European Union, sharply objected Thursday to plans by several countries to let domestic ...
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Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos said Tuesday that Madrid will support Turkey's bid to join the European Union while looking to see stringent entry conditions fulfilled.
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Turkey&#39;s Prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has paid a visit to France to defend Ankara&#39;s application to the EU. In French media, he expressed concerns over the terms of the debate in France.
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Turkey&#39;s marathon campaign to join the EU appeared to gain momentum on Thursday after Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan assured the union&#39;s worried bureaucrats in Brussels, Belgium, that his governing Islamic party was not straying from Turkey&#39;s
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ISTANBUL, Turkey  - The Turkish prime minister harshly rejected European Union criticism Friday over a proposal to outlaw adultery and hinted the government might press forward with the ban despite warnings it could jeopardize Turkey's entry into the bloc.
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Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett has reiterated support for Turkey's bid to join the European Union, saying it gave the lie to charges that Britain is backing a United States war on Islam.
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Turkey will not bow to pressure from the European Union to recognize Cyprus and expects the 25-nation bloc to open accession talks with Ankara next year, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday.