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Tough limits set as Europe finally agrees to talk Turkey
18.12.2004
BY ANTHONY BROWNE, GREG HURST AND RORY WATSON IN BRUSSELS THE European Union has decided to embark on its most controversial enlargement by giving Turkey the green light to start entry talks. The opponents and supporters of Turkey’s EU membership, equally passionate, came to an agreement only by offering Ankara far stricter entry conditions...
Despite this deal, the road ahead remains rocky indeed
18.12.2004
Turkey's bid for European membership is full of contradictions Martin Woollacott The European Union and Turkey took a fateful decision this week. Unease, pride, anger and an element of guile are evident on each side. The settlement which it brings over Cyprus - much as it is to be desired - should not conceal from us the collisions between d...
Historic breakthrough: way clear for Turkey to join EU
18.12.2004
By Stephen Castle in Brussels Turkey's 41-year-wait to begin talks about joining the European Union ended yesterday when it accepted an historic offer to launch EU membership negotiations next year. But tough conditions were set. After a day of frantic negotiation and brinkmanship, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Turkish Prime Minister, agreed to s...
'A Muslim country will benefit Europe'
18.12.2004
By Helen McCormack As Turkey hailed the prospect of joining the European Union, all eyes were on the economic benefits and increasing democracy the country hopes the move will bring. There was a celebratory mood in a country whose people have found themselves torn between the cultural benefits of retaining ties with their Islamic neighbours i...
Deal on Turkish membership of EU saved by compromise over Cyprus
18.12.2004
By Stephen Castle in Brussels The European Union narrowly averted a disastrous collapse yesterday of its deal to start membership talks with Turkey through a hard-fought compromise over Cyprus. Although Ankara fought a high-profile battle against tough conditions on membership talks, and suggestions that it might ultimately qualify for secon...
EU, Turkey Reach Deal on Entry Talks
18.12.2004
BRUSSELS, Belgium The European Union and Turkey reached a historic agreement Friday to begin talks next year aimed at bringing the populous Muslim nation into the EU after hammering out a compromise over Ankara's relationship with Cyprus. Turkey accepted an offer from the 25 EU leaders during their two-day summit to begin talks on Oct. 3, 20...
Deal lets Turkey go for EU membership
18.12.2004
Nicholas Watt and David Gow in Brussels Saturday December 18, 2004 Turkey yesterday took the historic decision to set itself on the path to membership of the European Union 41 years after it first attempted to join the world's largest trading bloc. The decision came after 24 hours of bruising negotiations, in which the Turkish prime minister,...
Historic Turkey-EU deal welcomed
18.12.2004
The European Union's decision to begin entry talks with Turkey has received a widespread welcome. But Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will face tough questions at home about what he has signed up to. The deal came after Ankara agreed it would tacitly acknowledge the Cyprus government - a key EU demand for talks to begin. US ...
Foreign minister sees national consensus on Turkey's EU bid
18.10.2004
Foreign Minister Petros Molyviatis sees national consensus on Turkey's bid to join the European Union, if and when the neighbouring country meets conditions that have been set for entry talks to begin, a decision the bloc's ministers are likely to take in December. In an interview to the Sunday Typos newspaper, Molyviatis said that Turkey's...
Macedonian minority criticise Greece at OSCE conference
12.10.2004
Rainbow, the organization of the Macedonian Minority in Greece, have criticised Greece at the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) conference taking place in Warsaw. Rainbow representatives presented reports about the situation of the Macedonian minorities in Greece, Bulgaria and in Albania. For Greece, a member state ...
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