Serbia EU Talks Start With Kosovo Ties at Center Stage
This article is for subscribers only.
The European Union began entry talks with Serbia, demanding the country at the center of the continent’s bloodiest conflicts since World War II mend ties with Kosovo and improve norms on justice and civil liberties.
The Balkan state of 7.2 million people wants to be the third former Yugoslav republic in the 28-member EU, with the goal of finishing 35 negotiating areas, or chapters, by 2018 and joining by 2020. Neighboring Croatia, which entered the EU in July 2013, took eight years.