Serbia Moves Closer to Joining European Union
Europe • October 2010 • Views: 458
LUXEMBOURG — Serbia took a significant step toward membership of the European Union on Monday, despite suspicions that it could do more to bring to justice Europe’s most wanted war crimes suspect.
Foreign ministers from the 27-nation bloc decided to open Serbia’s path to membership, overriding objections from those who want to keep pressure on the government in Belgrade to help arrest Ratko Mladic, a former Bosnian Serb general accused of genocide.