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June 12, 2011

Serbia: From Bad Boy to Star Pupil?

Amanda Paul, Today's Zaman

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With the capture Mladic and his extradition to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague, Serbia is turning a new page in its history and the arrest marked an important step in a process of seeking justice for the crimes committed during the Balkans wars. Furthermore, the arrest was also one of the pre-conditions for progress in membership talks with the EU. It is a significant achievement, yet the road ahead is still far from easy.

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TAGGED: European Union, EU, Ratko Mladic, Boris Tadic, Serbia

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