The European Union has taken a significant step towards deploying a 1,800-strong police and civilian mission in Serbia's breakaway province of Kosovo following a meeting of EU diplomats in Brussels on Monday.
The move - to be officially announced on Friday (9 February) - came only hours after Serbia's pro-Western president Boris Tadic narrowly won the country's presidential race. He defeated his radical rival Tomislav Nikolic by some 100,000 votes.
According to one EU diplomat,...
Back our independent journalism by becoming a supporting member
Already a member? Login here