EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fule has stated that, by fulfilling its obligations to the Hague Tribunal, Serbia has got closer to the EU candidate status. However, said he, Belgrade must commit to other political reforms and improve relations with Kosovo before receiving the green light.

The government in Priština this week introduced a ten-percent tax on goods coming from Bosnia-Herzegovina, prompting this country to react. Sarajevo said it would file a complaint with the regional free trade organization CEFTA.

Croatian President Ivo Josipović says it would make sense if Hague indictee Goran Hadžić was tried in Croatia, the country “where he had committed the crimes”. When asked if Croatia would ask for Hadžić to be extradited to that country and whether that was possible, Josipović said that relevant rules …