Dutch minister opposes EU balloting on Turkey
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THE HAGUE Foreign Minister Ben Bot of the Netherlands, which holds the rotating presidency of the European Union, on Sunday criticized French and Austrian plans to hold referendums on Turkish membership in the EU, saying such moves could keep Turkey out
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Dutch Foreign Minister Bernard Bot has been trying to defuse a row over a European Union statement on Russia&#39;s handling of the Beslan hostage crisis.
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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has criticized the European Union, telling it not to meddle in the domestic affairs of his country.
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Dutch voters picked a new parliament Wednesday in an election that could determine whether the country's tight immigration rules get even tougher or follow what the opposition calls a more humane path.Comment
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Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende was to start a last round of consultations with European Union leaders next week on Turkey&#39;s membership bid to try to get agreement
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The Dutch media voiced support for the government's stance not to bow to terror after a Dutch soldier was killed in Iraq, but called on The Hague to step up security measures for its troops.
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Dutch Foreign Minister Bernard Bot tries to defuse a row over a EU statement on Russia's handling of the hostage crisis.
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THE HAGUE, Nov. 23 -- Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende's right-of-center Christian Democratic Appeal party, which has led efforts to curtail Muslim immigration at a time of growing xenophobia in the Netherlands, won the most seats in parliamentary elections Wednesday,  but voters voiced...
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Turkey's foreign minister says the EU should not attach conditions to Turkey's bid to start membership talks.
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French Finance Minister Nicolas Sarkozy says Turkey should not join the EU without a referendum in France.
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The Dutch cabinet decides against holding a referendum on the European Union's new Reform Treaty.
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Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende has confirmed a compromise with Turkey on EU demands that the Turks recognize the Greek-led government of Cyprus before formally opening membership talks.
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Turkey has rejected a request from the European Commission to recognise Cyprus ahead of a key summit on Ankara&#39;s bid to open European Union accession talks.
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The European Union's health chief proposed an EU-wide organ donor card on Wednesday and criticized a Dutch reality TV show in which a dying woman will choose a recipient for her kidneys.
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A European Union commissioner Wednesday recommended partially suspending membership talks with Turkey to protest Ankara's continued refusal to open its ports to EU member Cyprus.
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PRAGUE- There is no reason for preventing Turkey from joining the European Union if it fulfils all political criteria, Czech Prime Minister Stanislav Gross and his Danish counterpart Anders Fogh Rasmussen ...
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A bid to grant Dutch citizenship to Holocaust victim Anne Frank some 60 years after her death has been rejected by the country&#39;s justice ministry.