EU: Serbia must turn over suspects
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Friday that Serbia could only join the European Union if it lived up to international demands to hand over war crime suspects and respected the independence of Kosovo.
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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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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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Serbia pledged Monday to cooperate with the U.N. war crimes court, and rejected U.S. criticism that it is not meeting demands by the international tribunal to extradite suspects.
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Italy urged its  European Union partners on Monday to reach out to Serbia in a  bid to resolve diplomatic deadlock over its breakaway province  of Kosovo.
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The chief prosecutor at the UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague, Carla Del Ponte, has told the BBC that &quot;all possible measures&quot; should be taken against Serbia over Belgrade&#39;s reluctance to arrest those indicted for crimes in the former Yugoslavia.
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EU diplomats said Sunday that the transfer of a Bosnian Serb genocide suspect to the UN war crimes tribunal will lead to closer ties between the EU and Serbia and Montenegro.
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After Serbia helped arrest a key war-crimes fugitive last week, the EU has promised to resume integration talks.
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Serbia's threat to turn its back on  EU membership over Kosovo probably has more to do with  electioneering than political reality, incoming EU president  Slovenia said on Thursday.
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The U.N. war crimes prosecutor for former Yugoslavia accused the government of Serbia of blocking the handover of top fugitives and dismissed Belgrade's promise of cooperation saying she wants arrests not ...
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The European Union on Friday called on the United States to respect international law in its handling of terror suspects after President Bush acknowledged his country had operated secret prisons abroad.
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BRUSSELS/BELGRADE  - Serbia warned the EU on Wednesday it would not accept any decision on Kosovo taken outside the United Nations, and its ally Russia told the United States to stop backing Kosovo independence while talks continue.
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The European Union could change  the Balkans at a stroke by giving membership candidate status  to countries still uncertain whether the bloc really wants  them, Serb Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic said on Monday.
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Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav  Kostunica greeted the resumption of suspended talks with the  European Union on Wednesday by urging the EU to back down on  its support for the independence of Kosovo.
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The European Union will resume talks with Serbia on closer ties next week after Belgrade boosted cooperation with the U.N. war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, the EU's executive said on Thursday.
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Serbia's most prominent human rights activist said Tuesday that the Serbian intelligence agency knows the whereabouts of Europe's most wanted war crimes fugitive, Gen. Ratko Mladic, and is considering whether to arrest him.
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The handover of a Bosnian Serb war  crimes suspect to The Hague at the weekend was a deliberate  cooperation test for Serbia arranged by U.N. chief prosecutor  Carla del Ponte, Belgrade radio reported on Monday.