EU approves financial assistance to Turkey
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Anatolian Agency
Oluşturulma Tarihi: Eylül 29, 2008 15:29
The EU Commission has approved a grant of 1.758 billion euros to be presented to Turkey between 2008-2010.
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Accordingly, Turkey would receive 538.7 million euros in 2008, 566.4 million euros in 2009 and 653.7 million euros in 2010.
The financial assistance granted to Turkey would be used in strengthening "basic rights and freedoms, democracy, the rule of law, human rights, protection of minorities and in encouraging EU-Turkey NGO dialog."
The EU would give a grant of 584.4 million euros to Serbia, 451.4 million euros to Croatia, 359.1 million euros to Kosovo, 269.9 million euros to Bosnia-Herzegovina, 245.1 million euros to Albania, 244.3 million euros to Macedonia and 99.9 million euros to Montenegro as either candidate or potential candidate countries in the next three years.