EU to Advance with Serbia After Suspect Surrenders
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The European Union is set to approve a first step toward closer ties with Serbia and Montenegro Monday after a Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect turned himself in to the U.N. tribunal for former Yugoslavia, diplomats said Sunday.
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European Union leaders are set to offer Serbia a fast track to candidacy for membership in the bloc and pledge to step up preparations for a police mission to stabilize Kosovo, a draft statement for Friday's EU summit said.
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War crimes prosecutor Carla Del Ponte is confident that Ratko Mladic will soon be handed over for trial. That's because Serbia's government wants to get on with joining the EU
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The European Union will resume partnership talks with Serbia, probably this month, after a Bosnian Serb general accused of genocide in the 1992-95 Bosnia war was delivered to the war crimes tribunal in The Hague.
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European Union leaders are set to offer Serbia a fast track to candidacy for membership of the bloc and pledge to step up preparations for a police mission to stabilize Kosovo, a draft statement for Friday's EU summit said.
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The European Union will this week  spell out to Serbia the exact steps needed for the country to  clinch closer ties with the bloc, mainly by arresting war  crimes fugitives, EU Commissioner Olli Rehn said on Thursday.
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A Bosnian Serb general accused of complicity in the murder of thousands in the 1992-95 Bosnia war was on his way to the Hague tribunal on Friday, a gesture that could improve Serbia's chances to one day join the European Union.
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Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel said Friday he will hold talks next week on behalf of the EU with the new UN war crimes prosecutor to see how well Serbia is cooperating with the court.
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European Union leaders agreed Friday to send a police and civilian mission to Kosovo, the EU's Portuguese presidency announced, with the Serbian province expected to move toward independence.
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EU foreign ministers will debate on  Monday whether to sign an interim trade agreement with Serbia  -- a move seen as boosting pro-European President Boris Tadic  ahead of a February 3 presidential run-off.
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European Union leaders are set to  offer Serbia a fast track to candidacy for membership in the  bloc and pledge to step up preparations for a police mission to  stabilize Kosovo, a draft statement for Friday's EU summit  said.
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A Serbian leader accused of war crimes at The Hague could be freed on a Serbian guarantee pending his trial.
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The EU and Serbia are to resume talks on closer ties, which Belgrade hopes will open the door to membership.
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The European Union says it will resume talks with Serbia only after a Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect is handed over to a U.N. tribunal.Comment
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BRUSSELS, Nov 7 (IPS) - The European Union has decided to deepen its  political and economic ties with Serbia, despite suggestions that  the Belgrade authorities could be protecting one of the most  wanted men in the former Yugoslavia.
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A Bosnian Serb general accused of  complicity in the murder of thousands in the 1992-95 Bosnia war  was on his way to the Hague tribunal on Friday, a gesture that  may improve Serbia&#39;s chances of joining the European Union.
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European Union leaders will offer Serbia a fast-track route to joining the bloc in a bid to soothe Balkan tensions over Kosovo's push for independence, a summit draft showed on Friday.