After a lengthy debate on Thursday (10 March) EU ambassadors were unable to reach agreement that membership talks should open with Croatia on 17 March.
The sticking point is the handing over of the fugitive war crimes suspect, General Ante Gotovina, to a UN tribunal in The Hague.
The UN’s chief prosecutor, Carla Del Ponte, has accused Zagreb of not co-operating enough to find the General – who, she says, is "within reach" of the Croatian authorities.
This is strongly denied ...
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