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Cyprus has made clear it will use its EU veto to pressure Turkey (Photo: European Commission)

Cyprus blocks opening of first chapter in EU-Turkey talks

Cyprus has blocked the opening of Turkey's first negotiating chapter with the EU, with intense weekend diplomacy expected before a foreign ministers meeting on Monday.

The opening of the "science and research" legislative chapter is scheduled for Monday (12 June) at a meeting of EU foreign ministers with their Turkish counterpart Abdullah Gul in Luxembourg.

The move would mean the first concrete work on one of the 35 negotiating chapters that EU candidate state Turkey has to go ...

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Cyprus has made clear it will use its EU veto to pressure Turkey (Photo: European Commission)

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