Stability Pact chief criticises Serbia-Montenegro union | 11:51 | Beta
VIENNA -- Thursday – The loose union of Serbia and Montenegro has only
served to aggravate problems between the two republics, the head of
the Stability Pact for Southeast Europe said last night.
The Belgrade Agreement has succeeded in reversing the process of
reintegration, Erhard Busek told a roundtable in Vienna entitled "The
Balkans and Southeast Europe".
Busek said there is some confusion over which countries in fact make
up the Balkans, and claimed that Croatia in fact wishes to distance
itself from the region.
The countries of the Balkans, he said, are part of Europe and must
integrate with the European Union. But no deadlines should be set, he
added.
Batic predicts early independence vote | 12:21 | Beta
BELGRADE -- Thursday – The next Serbian government will call a
referendum on whether or not to maintain the loose union with
Montenegro before the three-year deadline envisaged by the Belgrade
Agreement, Serbia's outgoing justice minister predicted today.
"I think it's clear to everyone that we are just wasting time", said
Vladan Batic, whose Christian Democratic Party advocates independence
for Serbia.
He branded the current arrangement "a farce".
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