What is on the Agenda?

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  Turkey: Speech on behalf of High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell at the EP debate

  01/21/2021 - 17:56

  Speech on the human rights situation in Turkey, notably the case of Selahattin Demirtas and other prisoners of conscience, delivered by Helena Dalli, Commissioner for Equality Mr President, Honourable Members of [the European] Parliament,

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  Turkey: Remarks by High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell ahead of his meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu

  01/21/2021 - 17:52

  Good morning to everybody, good morning Minister, dear Mevlüt! I am very pleased to welcome here in Brussels, at the headquarters of the European External Action Service, my colleague and friend, the Turkish Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu. We will spend some time taking stock of the relations between the European Union and Turkey and we will discuss the way forward.

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  Turkey: EU extends humanitarian support for refugees

  12/23/2020 - 13:57

  Press release, 23 December 2020 Brussels The European Commission has extended two humanitarian flagship programmes in Turkey until early 2022. These programmes help over 1.8 million refugees meet their basic needs and will help over 700,000 children to continue their education.

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  EU Supports Turkey in Strengthening National Capacities against Covid-19

  12/22/2020 - 09:41

  Ankara, 22 December 2020 Press Release

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  European Commission authorises first safe and effective vaccine against COVID-19

  12/21/2020 - 13:21

  Press release,21 December 2020 Brussels Today, the European Commission has granted a conditional marketing authorisation (CMA) for the COVID‑19 vaccine developed by BioNTech and Pfizer, making it the first COVID-19 vaccine authorised in the EU. This authorisation follows a positive scientific recommendation based on a thorough assessment of the safety, effectiveness and quality of the vaccine by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and is endorsed by the Member States.

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  Turkey : Statement by the Spokesperson on the extension of Mr Kavala's detention

  12/21/2020 - 13:18

  Brussels, 21/12/2020 Statements by the Spokesperson The European Court of Human Rights had concluded, more than a year ago,  that Osman Kavala’s arrest and pre-trial detention took place in the absence of evidence to support a reasonable suspicion he had committed an offence and pursued an ulterior purpose, namely to silence him and dissuade other human rights defenders.

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  HR-VP Josep Borrell : The way ahead after a difficult 2020 for EU-Turkey relations

  12/18/2020 - 19:00

  From the HR/VP blog :  European integration has been driven by the aim of overcoming the dynamics of conflicts between states, which have characterised European history, under evolving social and political formats, for many centuries.  Since their creation, the Ottoman and Russian Empires have been part of this equation. And today still, it is clear that the European Union will not be able to achieve stability on the continent unless it finds the right balance in its relations with Turkey and the Russian Federation.

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  EU Expands Waste and Water Systems Project in Southeast Turkey to Support Syrians and Host Communities

  12/18/2020 - 10:48

  18/12/2020

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  EU Completes Contracting under the EUR 6 Billion Package in Support of Refugees and Host Communities in Turkey

  12/17/2020 - 12:46

   

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  European Council conclusions, 10-11 December 2020

  12/11/2020 - 16:18

  European Council | Conclusions 11 December 2020  On 10 and 11 December 2020, the European Council adopted conclusions on the MFF and Next Generation EU, COVID-19, climate change, security and external relations.

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