The European Union has signed a long-delayed pact with Serbia that brings the Balkan nation closer to EU membership, despite Belgrade's failure to deliver war crimes suspects to a UN tribunal. EU foreign ministers meeting in Luxembourg have said, however, they would not implement Serbia's text until Belgrade showed full cooperation with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague.
The signing of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement comes ahead of May 11 parliamentary elections in Serbia. EU officials hope that the agreement will boost the chances of President Boris Tadic Divided EU Seeks to Boost Pro-European Parties in Serbia ...
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EU says Serbia deal on hold ... and other pro-European forces in the polls. An agreement for Bosnia-Herzegovina has to wait until it is translated into all 23 EU languages, a process likely to take several weeks.
(Deutsche Welle)
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