BRUSSELS, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- The European Union lauded Turkey for its foreign policy developments but urged Ankara to protect press freedom in a generally upbeat progress report on the country's EU membership talks.

BRUSSELS, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Croatia resumed negotiations Friday to be admitted to the European Union, now that the former Yugoslav state resolved a border dispute, officials said.

NEW YORK, Sept. 23 (UPI) -- Serbia's chief strategic goal remains integration into the European Union, President Boris Tadic told an EU official in New York.

ANKARA, Turkey, July 20 (UPI) -- A failure by Turkey to join the ranks of the European Union will not bring about a doomsday scenario, the Turkish prime minister said.

PRAGUE, Czech Republic, June 25 (UPI) -- The Czech presidency of the European Union called off intergovernmental accession talks with Croatia based on border disputes with Slovenia.

PRAGUE, Czech Republic, June 24 (UPI) -- The Czech EU presidency canceled talks on Croatia's accession to the European Union following the collapse of border talks with Slovenia, officials said.

ANKARA, Turkey, June 24 (UPI) -- Turkish accession to the European Union may hit another snag if claims of a military plot to undermine the faith-based Gulen movement are true, diplomats say.

ANKARA, Turkey, June 9 (UPI) -- A victory for conservative lawmakers in the European Parliament could create moderate obstacles to Turkish accession efforts, analysts say.

ANKARA, Turkey, May 27 (UPI) -- British Foreign Secretary David Miliband met with officials in Ankara to discuss Turkish accession to the European Union.