Green News Eight dead as wildfires rage in Turkey's touristic south Fires have burned down forests, encroached on villages and tourist destinations and forced people to evacuate. 01/08/2021
Europe News EU-Turkey relations at 'historic low point,' MEPs warn EU-Turkey relations have deteriorated so much that Brussels needs to profoundly reassess them, MEPs said in an unusually tough report adopted on Wednesday. 19/05/2021
Turkey Clashes, arrests as May Day demonstrations take place across the world Protests have taken place everywhere from Indonesia to Istanbul to Paris and the U.S. 01/05/2021
state of the union Europe's week: AstraZeneca jab troubles and Turkey's diplomacy mistake The European Medicines Agency said the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine could potentially cause rare blood clots and Commission President von der Leyen got sidelined in Ankara. Here's a look at two key stories making the news in Brussels this week. 09/04/2021
Turkey What's on the agenda as EU chiefs visit Turkey today? Twenty-two years after Turkey became an EU candidate state, its membership of the bloc seems more remote than ever. 06/04/2021
Good Morning Europe EU must renew migrant deal with Turkey 'as soon as possible' It has been 5 years since the EU reached an agreement with Turkey over the flow of migrants to Europe. At the height of the migration crisis, the bloc agreed to give Turkey money in exchange for a reduction in illegal crossings and an improvement in the situation of refugees and migrants. 19/03/2021
Europe News Brussels considers visa restrictions against non-EU countries The European Commission may impose visa restrictions on third countries that refuse to take back their citizens who have tried to come into the EU unsuccessfully. 18/03/2021
world news A tough course to digest: EU leaders talk Turkey sanctions over dinner European leaders are divided over the extent of sanctions that should be placed, or whether they should be imposed at all 10/12/2020
Europe News EU agrees its own 'Magnitsky' regime to sanction human rights abuses European foreign ministers met Monday and agreed to establish a European Magnitsky Act, designed to sanction serious human rights abuses. 08/12/2020
world news NATO meeting: US-Turkey row takes centre stage as FMs discuss China Outgoing US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo locked horns with Turkish FM Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu as NATO foreign ministers met at a virtual conference. 03/12/2020
Turkey Turkey changes course: Ankara looks to rebuild ties as domestic woes mount Turkey changes course: Ankara looks to rebuild ties as domestic woes mount 26/11/2020
Europe News Turkey's behaviour 'widening separation' with EU, says Borrell Turkey must understand its behaviour is 'widening its separation' with the EU, the bloc's Foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrell said on Thursday. 19/11/2020
Europe News EU needs action not words against Turkey, says Manfred Weber "We have to act now [against Turkey]," said Weber. "Words are not any more enough. And we must use our economic power." 27/10/2020
Europe News EU Summit: Decision on reducing carbon emissions pushed back EU leaders met for a second day of talks in Brussels but decided to push back a decision on reducing carbon emissions by 55% in the next decade. 16/10/2020
Europe News UK surprise after EU takes intensity out of post-Brexit trade talks Draft conclusion prepared ahead of the summit called on talks with the UK to be continued "intensively". But the conclusions agreed on Thursday merely said to "continue negotiations". 15/10/2020
Europe News EU giving dialogue with Turkey 'a chance' but warns of sanctions Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen warned that the bloc has a "tool box" of restrictive measures that be applied "immediately" if Ankara doesn't engage in "constructive" dialogue over underwater drilling. 02/10/2020
Greece Southern EU leaders urge Turkey to end 'unilateral' actions Heads of states of France, Greece, Cyprus, Malta, Italy, Spain and Portugal warned Turkey that "unless it ends its unilateral activities", the EU would "develop a list of further restrictive measures". 10/09/2020
world news Macron: Europe must have a 'more united and clear voice' with Turkey Europe must be more united against Turkey, French President Emmanuel Macron said, emphasising that the country is "no longer a partner". 10/09/2020
Greece EU holds urgent talks on Greece-Turkey energy dispute German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, whose country holds the rotating EU presidency, said the Turkish drilling must stop. 14/08/2020
state of the union This week in the EU: Turkey tensions, Polish elections and vaccines What are the key issues concerning the bloc that made headlines this week? 17/07/2020
Europe News EU foreign ministers urge more action on Turkey and China Returning to Brussels for the first face-to-face meeting in months, EU foreign ministers are being urged to take a more robust approach to China over the new security law in Hong Kong, as well as against Ankara over Mediterranean drillings and the Libya arms embargo. 13/07/2020
Cyprus Turkey's growing war of words with Greece and Cyprus over sea drilling Greece accuses Turkey of resorting to "gunboat diplomacy" near Cyprus, but analysts say the EU must recognise the West is no longer Ankara's only foreign policy partner 25/06/2020
Turkey Turkish mosque converted into food bank during COVID-19 outbreak With worship suspended, the imam of the Dedeman mosque in Istanbul has found a different use for the building. 22/04/2020
Greece Turkish asylum seeker sues over claims she was returned to Greece Ayse Erdogan says the Greek authorities forced her back over the border to Turkey - in contravention of international law - and she has the evidence to prove it. 11/03/2020
Good Morning Europe Erdogan likens Greek authorities to Nazis for returning migrants Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said there was "no difference" between the Nazis and the Greek authorities forcibly repelling migrants. 11/03/2020
Greece Frontex operation in Greece "lacks legal basis" Frontex has to operate while respecting European and human rights law, and this cannot be the case when migrants cannot apply for asylum. 10/03/2020
