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Nicosia warns that it will "not yield again" on Ankara (Photo: European Commission)

Tough Cypriot stance reduces hopes of EU-Turkey deal

The Cypriot government has reiterated its threat to veto Turkey's EU accession talks while rejecting key demands from the Turkish Cypriots. Its stance is damaging efforts by the Finnish EU presidency to avert a major crisis between Ankara and Brussels.

At the margins of an EU foreign ministers' meeting in Luxembourg today (16 October), Turkey's foreign minister Abdullah Gul will hold talks with an EU "troika" – the Finnish presidency, the upcoming German presidency as well as the Europ...

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Nicosia warns that it will "not yield again" on Ankara (Photo: European Commission)

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