Brussels to recommend partial freeze on negotiations with Turkey
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A Turkish policeman patrols in front of the St. Esprit Cathedral in Istanbul. The European Commission is to recommend a partial freeze on negotiations with Turkey on EU accession because of Ankara's refusal to ...Comment
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Cyprus said on Friday it would adopt a tougher stance to Turkey's EU membership negotiations if its EU partners accepted a last-ditch offer from Ankara to avert partial suspension of talks.
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After years of delays, the European Union's head office is likely to recommend that Turkey begin membership talks with the bloc &#151; an endorsement that comes with one key proviso: that negotiations be halted if Ankara backtracks on sweeping democratic and human rights reforms.
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EU foreign ministers met on Monday for crucial talks on how to penalize Turkey for failing to normalize trade with Cyprus at the start of a week that could derail Ankara's troubled entry negotiations with the bloc.
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The European Commission said on Wednesday it was recommending a partial suspension of Turkey's negotiations to join the European Union after Ankara failed to open its ports to EU member Cyprus.
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European Union foreign ministers decided Monday to freeze parts of entry talks with Turkey on Monday over Ankara's refusal to open its ports to trade with EU member Cyprus.
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BERLIN: The European Commission will be âextremely criticalâ of Turkeyâs reform efforts in a report next week, but that will not stop EU leaders from agreeing to open membership talks with Ankara, EU officials said on Saturday.
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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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Turkey will pursue reforms to align itself with European Union norms despite a partial freeze of its membership talks, Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul has said, describing the EU sanction as only a temporary setback to the country's European aspirations.
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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 EU sought Wednesday to keep pressure on Turkey over its bid to start talks on joining the bloc, as last-minute haggling seemed set to go down to the wire at a summit poised to give a green light to Ankara.
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Turkey, faced with a possible freeze on its European Union talks within days, has made an offer to ease a trade row with Cyprus which is thwarting its EU membership ambitions.
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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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BRUSSELS The European Commission will not set special conditions for Turkey when it decides on Wednesday whether to recommend opening membership talks with Ankara, the commission president, Romano Prodi, said on Tuesday.
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BRUSSELS, Belgium  - European Union leaders agreed to open negotiations with Turkey next year on eventual EU membership but Turkey's prime minister said more talks are needed before his government could decide whether to accept the offer.
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The European Union on Dec. 17 most likely will name a date to begin formal membership talks with Turkey, but several sticky issues between Brussels and Ankara may disrupt Turkish efforts to eventually join the ...
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The European Commission confirmed it had recommended on Wednesday a partial suspension of Turkey's negotiations to join the European Union over its failure to open its ports to traffic from Cyprus.