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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

My Europe Series

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

Europe News

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

Greece

EU-Turkey migration deal is 'dead,' warns Greek PM Mitsotakis

The migration deal is "dead because Turkey has decided to completely violate the agreement because of what happened in Syria," says Greek PM Mitsotakis.

07/03/2020

Belgium

Greece should 'respect international law amid border crisis', says EU

He was speaking after accusations of violence at the Greek-Turkish border.

04/03/2020

Turkey

Euroviews. A EU-Turkey trade pact is a better solution to deal with the Syrian refugee crisis than aid ǀ View

The EU could pursue a track focused on mutual economic benefits, creating attractive trade incentive programs in exchange for Turkey continuing its difficult task. Direct aid is helpful, but perhaps the most sustainable and realistic approach is for Europe to set a new higher mutual trade volume.

25/02/2020

Greece

Greece plans to build a 2.7km floating fence to curb illegal migration

It comes as part of the new government's pledge to take a tougher stance on refugees and migrants arriving at its ports.

30/01/2020

Europe News

Not helping separated migrant children 'a scandal', says Juncker

Ex-EU chief Jean-Claude Juncker says not enough is being done to help unaccompanied migrant children in Greece.

22/01/2020