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08/03/2012 - France - Turkey - Syria

Turkish President Gul hints France could be at Istanbul meeting on Syria

Turkish President Abdullah Gul has hinted that France will be invited to the next meeting of the ‘Friends of Syria’ to be held in Istanbul despite a slump in ties over a genocide bill.

05/03/2012 - France - Turkey - Armenia

Turkey might not invite France to Syria summit

Turkey is considering whether or not to invite France to the meeting in Istanbul of the summit for "Friends of Syria" amid a souring in the relationship between Paris and Ankara over a ...

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01/03/2012 - World news explained

France Turkey Armenia

Following the decision of France's Constitutional Council to declare unconstitutional a law which punishes the denial of that genocide took place against Armenians in 1915, Turkey has said it is ...

29/02/2012 - France - Turkey - Armenia

No new French Armenian genocide law before June

There will be no new French law on Turkey’s alleged genocide of Armenians until after France’s presidential election, President Nicolas Sarkozy’s party announced Wednesday.

05/02/2012

European press review

Was Egypt's football violence deliberately provoked? Are Europe's lower middle class becoming the new poor? Is it time to challenge the power of Facebook?

04/02/2012 - France - Turkey

Turkey may have banned dead French soldiers' flight over Armenian genocide law

Turkey may have banned the flight repatriating the bodies of four French soldiers killed in Afghanistan from crossing its air space in retaliation for the Armenian genocide bill recently passed by ...

31/01/2012 - France - Turkey - Armenia

French politicians to seize constitutional court over Armenian genocide bill

A number of politicians on Tuesday formally requested France’s Constitutional Council to examine the planned law which would punish anyone who denies that the 1915 massacre of Armenians by ...

29/01/2012

European press review

We start with the European Union sanctions against Iran aimed at forcing it to stop its suspect nuclear activities.

27/01/2012 - France - Turkey - Armenia

Armenian couple name baby Sarkozy as genocide bill row rumbles on

An Armenian couple have named their new-born baby Sarkozy as a tribute to the French parliament’s approval of a law making it illegal that genocide of Armenians took place in Turkey in ...

25/01/2012 - Q+A: France - Turkey - Armenia

France's Armenian genocide bill - Who? What? When? Where? Why?

Relations between France and Turkey are in deep trouble thanks to a French bill making it illegal to deny that genocide against Armenians took place during World War I.

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