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The Climate Change Secretary said he expected negotiations at next month's crucial summit in Copenhagen to go "right down to the wire", with funding for developing countries set to be a potential stumbling block. He also said the aviation and maritime...
Tags: Ankara, David Miliband, European Union, eu bid, Turkey
Lawmakers voted in favour of the proposal and are set to begin the ascension talks with the EU. Although the country stands on the verge of bankruptcy, citizens as well as members of the parliament disagree on the issue, which has been a subject of heated...
Tags: Icelandic Parliament, Iceland Parliament Approves Country, Icelanders, European Union, Althingi, eu bid, European Commission, parliament votes, eu membership, membership talks
Turkey is hoping to next week open a new chapter of its accession talks with the EU, the country's European affairs minister said on Thursday (25 June), reiterating that Ankara is aiming for full membership of the bloc. The chapter on taxation will "hopefully...
Tags: EU Commissioner, Turkish EU, Czech EU, Turkey, accession talks, eu bid, privileged partnership, Tayyip Erdo, European Commission, France
Paying a visit to the Azerbaijani capital of Baku, Premier Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said that Turkey had the same sensitivity as Azerbaijan regarding the Upper Karabakh issue. "The border gates will not be opened unless the invasion ends," Erdoğan said. Parliament...
Tags: Turkey EU, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, prime minister, eu bid, minister recep, Angela Merkel, France, Nicolas Sarkozy, domestic issues, Poland
Speaking at a conference at Brookings Institute, a U.S. public policy organization based in Washington D.C., Greek Foreign Minister Theodora Bakoyianni expressed her country's full support for Turkey's EU bid. Bakoyianni said Turkey had to fulfill its...
against Turkey's EU bid France's prime minister reiterated his country's opposition to full Turkish membership in the European Union during a visit to southern part of the divided island of Cyprus. Paris prefers a "privileged partnership" with the bloc...
Tags: Turkey, Cyprus, OIC, Greek Cypriot, François Fillon, eu bid, Turkish Cypriot, Paris, prime minister
Polish truck drivers are threatening to blockade Warsaw to protest delays at the country's borders caused by striking customs officers, but the leader of the truckers union said Monday that his union would give the government another day to resolve
Tags: Turkey, Poland, eastern borders, eu bid, customs officers, European Union, supports turkey, poland supports