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In a document to be released later this month, the European Commission will set forth nearly 150 requirements, all of which must met by Turkey within two years, in order for the Mediterranean nation to be accepted...

French President Jacques Chirac said Tuesday at a Paris news conference that Turkey would need to make deep reforms in order to conform to fundamental European cultural standards - what...

The European Parliament Wednesday postponed a key vote on Turkey's potential membership in the bloc and also approved a resolution calling for Turkey to recognize the Armenian genocide . EU ...

Advocacy group Mental Disability Rights International (MDRI) , Wednesday released a report of human rights abuses revealing a high prevalence of torture and starvation in Turkey's psychiatric institutions. The results...

The official in charge of European Union expansion said Tuesday that Turkey is deliberately provoking them by choosing to hold the trial of Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk at the same time as an EU...

UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Wednesday that the United Nations would be increasing surveillance of its procurement department after recent accusations that a senior official accepted close to $1 million in bribes from contractors. An internal investigative...

Cyprus Foreign Minister George Iacovou told reporters Wednesday that he is unaware if former UN Oil-for-Food chief Benon Sevan is in the country, but if he is, any extradition request from abroad will likely be...

Cyprus on Thursday ratified the European Constitution after a special two-day session of the country's parliament . Lawmakers approved the charter 30-19 in an attempt to counteract the devastating rejections handed down by...

The United Nations has admitted it erred Tuesday when it said the reason it would pay the legal fees of the Iraq oil-for-food program chief Benon Sevan was because of...

Following up on a story reported this morning on JURIST's Paper Chase, the Independent Inquiry Committee (IIC) into the UN Oil-for-Food program has released its interim report . The report concludes that the conduct...