The beleaguered Turkish EU membership talks were dealt another blow on Thursday (2 November) after emergency talks to try and unblock the impasse were cancelled.
Finland, current holder of the EU's rotating presidency, had called the meeting in the hope that it could forge a breakthrough between Turkey and Cyprus before the European Commission publishes its progress report on Ankara next week (8 November).
The commission's report is expected to be highly critical on issues such as...
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