EU Ministers Prepare Disputed Turkey Decision
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EU foreign ministers met on Monday to make final preparations for a landmark decision later this week to open entry talks with Turkey amid renewed evidence of strong
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Turkey is preparing to amend a controversial law on freedom of speech that has been criticized repeatedly by the European Union and could slow EU accession talks with Brussels.
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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 ...
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BRUSSELS, Dec 13 (IPS) - EU leaders will debate Turkey's move to join  the bloc this week but it remains unclear when the negotiations  on Turkey's entry can start, and what conditions the bloc  may attach to them.
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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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The European Union will try to avert a damaging split over Kosovo on Friday when foreign ministers debate how to respond to a possible unilateral declaration of independence by the breakaway Serbian province.
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Description: This past week, the 25-member European Union agreed with Turkey to hold formal talks aimed at the possible admission of the predominately Muslim country into the European economic and political alliance.
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The European Commission is set to announce that Turkey is ready to begin negotiations on joining the EU.
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BRUSSELS - The European Commission, in a watershed decision, recommended yesterday that the European Union (EU) open membership talks with Turkey.
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Next month the European Union will hear a progress report on Turkish membership.
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ANKARA - Guenter Verheugen, the European Union (EU) Commissioner, Enlargement, said that the decision that would be taken about Turkey in December could not be delayed, stressing that the Progress Report (of the EU Commission) on Turkey that would be made
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European leaders are set to decide whether to open European Union membership talks with Turkey Friday, 41 years after the largely Muslim state first applied to join the Brussels-based bloc.
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EU leaders were poised on Thursday to set a date to start accession talks with Turkey, as Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan arrived in Brussels in an optimistic mood for a spate of last-minute diplomacy.
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The moment of truth is approaching for Turkey&#39;s bid to join the European Union, EU enlargement chief Guenter Verheugen said Monday, as European leaders prepare to decide whether to open membership talks with the mainly Muslim country.
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EU leaders were poised on Thursday to  set a date to start accession talks with Turkey, as Turkish  Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan arrived in Brussels in an  optimistic mood for a spate of last-minute diplomacy.
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The European Commission is set to give the green light later today to accession talks with Turkey. EU leaders will take a final decision in December.
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European Union leaders meet in Brussels this week to decide whether to open talks with Turkey on its controversial bid to join the bloc.