European Commission recommends partial freeze of Turkish EU talks over Cyprus
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The European Commission has dealt a blow to Turkey's EU membership ambitions, recommending the freezing of talks on eight of the 35 chapters which all candidate nations must complete.
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6 October 2004 -- The European Commission says the European Union should start membership talks with Turkey -- but has set stiff conditions to prevent it from backtracking on democratic and human rights reforms.
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Turkey has offered to open a port and an airport to traffic from Cyprus in a dramatic last-minute bid to avert a partial suspension of its European Union membership talks, EU President Finland said on Thursday.
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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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European Union leaders agreed Thursday to open negotiations with Turkey next year on eventual EU membership, but the Turkish premier said more talks were needed - presumably over the divided island of Cyprus - ...
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EU ministers agree to slow down Turkish membership talks after Ankara fails to open ports to Cypriot ships.  Send us your views.
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The European Commission was set to recommend on Wednesday that Turkey start accession talks with the European Union, finally unveiling its watershed decision after 40 years of on-again, off-again talks.
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BRUSSELS, Belgium: European Union and Turkish officials have rewritten the Cyprus portion of the EU&#39;s proposal on starting membership talks for Turkey, Turkish officials said Friday, raising hopes Ankara could accept a deal leading to full EU membership.
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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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The European Commission says Turkey can begin talks on joining the EU - but Ankara must meet stiff conditions.
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Turkey could be asked only for a verbal commitment to recognise Cyprus before it can join the European Union, EU sources said as leaders sought to strike a deal logjamming a key summit.
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HELSINKI/BRUSSELS  - A last-minute offer by Turkey to open a major port to traffic from Cyprus in a bid to avert a partial suspension of its European Union membership talks sowed confusion among EU governments on Thursday.
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As expected, the European Commission&#39;s report on Turkey has recommended that EU membership negotiations with this country should start.
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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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Cyprus threatens to block Turkey's EU membership talks unless Ankara lifts trade restrictions on Nicosia.
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Cyprus fired a warning shot  across the bows of its European Union partners on Friday as  ambassadors met to consider an apparent softening of Turkey's  refusal to open its ports to trade with the Greek Cypriots.
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As talks over Cyprus grind to a halt, Turkey's membership of the E.U. looks ever more distant