EU warns Turkey time is running out for reaching solution on accession talks
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HELSINKI, Finland: The European Union warned Turkey on Monday that it must speed up efforts to resolve a stalemate over Cyprus if it wants to continue membership negotiations with the bloc.Comment
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EU leaders meet must decide whether to freeze the entry bid of an increasingly self-confident Turkey.
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BRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Union's head office opened a meeting Wednesday where it was likely to recommend that Turkey begin EU membership talks with one key proviso: that negotiations be halted if Ankara backtracks on sweeping democratic and human rights reforms.    If the European Commission's expected recommendation is formally approved by the 25 EU leaders at a December summit, entry talks could begin in early 2005, capping years of lobbying by Turkish officials who say their country could form a bridge between Muslim countries and Europe...
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Turkey's Prime Minister kept the EU  waiting on Friday on whether he would accept the terms of its  historic offer to start accession negotiations, leaving  late-night talks with the bloc's presidency without a deal.
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MEPs warn Turkey that its chances of joining the EU may recede if it fails to adopt far-reaching reforms.
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THE controversial decision to give Turkey the green light to start talks on joining the EU will be taken later this week, despite widespread reservations in many member states.
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Turkey&#39;s bid to join the EU will enter a new phase on Wednesday (6 October) when the European Commission will publish a report expected to play a decisive role in whether the country is given a starting date for accession talks.
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BRUSSELS, Dec 16  - EU leaders were locked in closed-door negotiations late Thursday over Turkey&#39;s bid to join the European bloc, inching towards a landmark accord to start membership talks with Ankara late next year.
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Time is running out for Iran to avoid UN sanctions over its nuclear policy, Europe's foreign policy chief warns.
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STRASBOURG, France:Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, awaiting an expected European Commission nod to starting EU entry talks with his country, said today he hoped negotiations would not take too long.
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BEIRUT: The huge sigh of relief in Istanbul following the European Union&#39;s announcement this week that talks on Turkey&#39;s accession to the EU can go ahead could be heard as far away as Brussels.
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French President Jacques Chirac said even though he supports to seek a referendum on Turkey&#39;s European Union (EU) membership bid, such a referendum is impossible before the conclusion of negotiations, which are expected to take 10 to 15 years to complete.
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BRUSSELS - The 25-nation European Union has agreed to open groundbreaking accession talks with Turkey next year. But the bloc insisted that talks can only begin 3 October, 2005, if Turkey ends its long-standing
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The moment of truth has come. The EU must decide tomorrow whether to open accession talks with Turkey. Is today&#39;s union prepared to reverse a course first
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The European Commission has given a qualified go-ahead to starting EU membership talks with Turkey, warning that negotiations could be frozen if the country backtracks on reforms.
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The European Commission will recommend  on Wednesday a partial suspension of Turkey's negotiations to  join the European Union after it failed to open its ports to EU  member Cyprus, an EU source said on Wednesday.
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The European Commission advises that Turkey's EU membership talks be partly suspended over the Cyprus issue.