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Serbian EU bid hangs by a thread, Rehn says

Enlargement commissioner Olli Rehn has told Serbia to continue cooperating with the UN's war crimes tribunal in The Hague, or face suspension of the talks it has just started with Brussels on closer EU ties.

Mr Rehn made the remarks on Monday (10 October) while visiting Belgrade for the ceremonial opening of negotiations on a Stabilisation and Association agreement (SAA) between Serbia and Montenegro and the EU – which represents a first step to possible future EU membership.

He ...

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