Finns strive for EU-Turkey deal
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The Finnish PM is to visit Turkey on Friday, in a fresh effort to rescue Ankara's troubled EU accession bid.
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After a day of frantic haggling, European Union leaders struck a hard-fought deal securing Turkish promises on the divided island of Cyprus in return for Ankara winning the historic prize of a start to EU entry talks.
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HELSINKI/BRUSSELS - EU President Finland said on Friday a Turkish offer to open one port to Cypriot ships did not go far enough and expected member states next week to agree on ...Comment
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The European Union (EU) and Turkeyreached an agreement on Friday to start talks next year on the country&#39;s membership of the bloc.
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ISTANBUL Turks on Friday welcomed the European Union&#39;s decision to open membership talks next year, but some worried about the compromises Turkey would need to make to become the first Muslim nation in the bloc.
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By George Parker, Daniel Dombey and Sarah Laitner in Brussels. Turkey was last night offered a historic deal to start talks to join the EU, putting it on course to become part of the union after more than 40 years of waiting.
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BRUSSELS - The EUâs historic deal with Turkey to open entry talks with the vast Muslim country was hailed by supporters as a bridge builder between Europe and the Islamic world.
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ANKARA, Turkey - Thousands of cheering supporters greeted Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan as he returned to Ankara Saturday after vowing to press forward with the country&#39;s bid to join the European Union, which agreed to open membership talks
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Turkey's offer to ease its trade dispute with Cyprus is insufficient to stop the European Union discussing a freeze on Ankara's membership talks, Finnish Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen has said.
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Turkey's efforts to join the European Union took a modest but measurable step forward on Wednesday when negotiations started on two more of the 35 policy areas that a candidate country must complete to gain membership.
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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan&#39;s positive meetings yesterday in Brussels brought Turkey closer to its objective of becoming a member of the European Union (EU).
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THE European Union has offered to start membership negotiations with Turkey, opening the way for the EUâs borders to reach Iraq and Iran, and for a poor Muslim nation in Asia to become the largest member of the Union.
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Last-ditch talks in Finland on Monday between the European Union and Turkey aimed at averting an EU crisis with Ankara over the Cyprus issue have failed, Finnish Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja said.Comment
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Turkey is battling with the European Union to overcome divisions over Cyprus, immigration and farm policy that stand as the final obstacles to EU entry talks, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said.
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The government would like the number of immigrants in Finland to grow significantly.
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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been holding talks in Brussels ahead of a key European Union summit on Turkey&#39;s bid to join the EU.
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BRUSSELS The European Union&#39;s 25 countries will agree by Friday to begin membership negotiations with Turkey, but the Netherlands, which holds the EU presidency, is seeking to give individual countries long-term powers to prevent Turkish immigrants from