Del Ponte willing to endorse Serbia, but not yet
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Serbia has the political will to  arrest top war crimes fugitive Ratko Mladic, but some state  officials are still stalling, United Nations chief war crimes  prosecutor Carla del Ponte said on Friday.
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"We hope for a continuity. We would like to see the democratic forces of Serbia winning."  By William SchombergLJUBLJANA  - New European Union President Slovenia said on Tuesday it aimed to sign an accord with Serbia that is a first step towards EU membership soon, possibly by the end of this month.But EU enlargement chief Olli Rehn insisted that Belgrade must first meet a condition of full cooperation with the U.N. war crimes tribunal on the former Yugoslavia."I am one of those who believe the SAA should be signed as soon as possible, possibly by the end of this month, but some of our colleagues have to be persuaded this is a good idea," Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel told reporters. Read more
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Still reluctant to catch and extradite suspects wanted by a U.N. war crimes court, Serbia's Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica urged the men to surrender voluntarily to the international tribunal in comments published Sunday.
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The European Union should not grant  closer ties to Serbia until former Bosnian Serb military  commander Ratko Mladic is arrested, United Nations war crimes  prosecutor Carla del Ponte said on Tuesday.
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U.N. war crimes prosecutor Carla del   Ponte said on Friday she was "not satisfied" that Serbia was   carrying out its own action plan to arrest and extradite   Bosnian Serb war crimes fugitive Ratko Mladic.
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Top UN war crimes prosecutor Carla Del Ponte visits Serbia just days after a major suspect was arrested.
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"Anyone who wants Serbia as a partner has to know Serbia will accept partnership only as a whole country, not as a country cut in two"  Serb Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica warned the European Union on Tuesday that sending a supervisory mission to the breakaway province of Kosovo could damage relations with Serbia. via The Washington Post
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The European Union should not grant closer ties to Serbia until former Bosnian Serb military commander Ratko Mladic is arrested, United Nations war crimes prosecutor Carla del Ponte said on Tuesday.
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Russia opposes a NATO-backed proposal to set Serbia's province of Kosovo on the road to independence but may accept a trade-off on its future in return for other concessions, diplomats and analysts believe.
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The European Union has welcomed the re-election of Serbia's pro-Western president.  Will it get Serbia an early EU entry?
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Serbia is convinced that a U.N. plan granting supervised statehood for the contested Kosovo province stands no chance of approval at the U.N. Security Council where Serb ally Russia holds a veto, a government minister said Saturday.
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Serbia's President expects Russia, China and some other U.N. Security Council members to back further talks on the status of Kosovo, though the West says all avenues of possible compromise have been exhausted.
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Serbia will not allow itself to be humiliated by a "puppet state" on its territory, Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica said on Thursday as Serbia prepared to annul Kosovo's proclamation of independence in advance.
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Moscow will not back any U.N. plan for  Kosovo unless both Serbia and its breakaway province support  it, Russia&#39;s foreign minister said on Monday, pouring cold  water on a fresh attempt to find compromise with the West.
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BELGRADE, Serbia â As the dispute over Kosovoâs future nears a climax, the Serbian government has enlisted the support of some the worldâs best known statesmen â all of them dead.
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Prodi aides say consultations will begin shortly among politicians. They aren't ruling out the country's president asking Mr.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.