The EU on Monday (12 February) gave its clearest signal yet that it is ready to restart integration talks with Serbia before Belgrade hands over top war crimes fugitives such as Ratko Mladic.
"Serbia remains welcome to join the EU" the foreign ministers' statement said, adding the EU will restart talks if the "new government" in Belgrade takes "concrete and effective action for full cooperation" with the UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague.
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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.