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Monday, October 03, 2011

Turkey's EU bid on the rocks as tensions with Greek Cypriots escalate

Turkey's EU bid on the rocks as tensions with Greek Cypriots escalate
English.news.cn 2011-10-03 04:20:06

ANKARA, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- Turkey's EU negotiations are at a bottleneck amid rows with Cyprus and strong objections to its bid for European Union (EU) membership from Germany and France.

Macedonia will enter the EU before Turkey, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday during a joint press conference with his Macedonian counterpart Nikola Gruevski.

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