Croatia is hoping to receive a more positive signal from EU foreign ministers this week, after moving to step up its co-operation with the UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague.
"It is up to the member states to decide when to open the negotiations, but we hope it will be as soon as possible", Croatian foreign minister Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic told MEPs in the foreign affairs committee on Tuesday (30 August).
She said her country is basically prepared to start the EU process right a...
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