Turkey, Czech Republic to do away with visas
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PRAGUE- The Czech Republic and Turkey will do away with visa requirements "in a very short period of time," Czech Foreign Minister Cyril Svoboda said after his meeting with his Turkish counterpart Abdullah Gul.
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Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan left Turkey on Tuesday for talks with Council of Europe officials in Strasbourg a day before the release of a key report on his country&#39;s drive to join the European Union.
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Residents of the European Union who want to take their cat, dog or ferret to another EU nation will need special pet passports starting Friday.
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Key facts on Turkey, which hopes to win a date from the European Union this week to begin entry talks:
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Britain unveiled plans Tuesday to tighten visa rules for tourists from outside Europe, drawing protests that it would hit immigrant families with visitors from countries such as India.
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European Union foreign ministers agreed on Monday on a partial freeze of Turkey's EU membership talks, in an unprecedented move to penalize Ankara for failing to normalize trade with 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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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is to travel to Brussels on Friday for talks on his country's bid to join the European Union, Erdogan said on Tuesday.
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Turkey will fulfil all the criteria of the Maastricht treaty in five years in its bid to gain acceptance to the European Union, the country&#39;s economy minister said in a newspaper interview published ere Wednesday.
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European Union foreign ministers  agreed on Monday on a partial freeze of Turkey's EU membership  talks to penalize Ankara for failing to normalize trade with  Cyprus.
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PRAGUE- The Czech Republic will attempt to negotiate in the European Union a permanent exception concerning lower value added tax on housing-related construction work, or at least the extension of the current ...
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By George Parker in Brussels, Raphael Minder in Strasbourg and Bertrand Benoit in Berlin. European leaders will on Thursday hold last-minute talks to hammer out terms under which Turkey can finally embark on the road to joining the European Union.
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Agreements concerning significant issues, which were reached as a consensus between Ankara and Moscow during the historical visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin last week, will be left until after the December 17 Summit in order to avoid reactions.
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European Union leaders and Turkey  agreed on Friday the terms on which Ankara will start  membership talks with the bloc next October, an EU government  official said.
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France and Germany have signalled their intention to set an 18-month deadline for Turkey to open trade links with Cyprus.Comment
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The European commission warned Turkey yesterday that it would break off entry negotiations if EU ministers found evidence of a &quot;serious and persistent&quot; breach of democratic and human rights.
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Prime Minister Paul Martin will travel to Russia, France and Hungary from October 10 to 16 in order to attend the Progressive Governance Summit in Budapest and advance bilateral relations with Russia and ...