Samo prijavljeni korisnici mogu pregledati cijeli sadržaj.
BRUSSELS, Dec 17 (Hina) - The European Council decided on Friday toopen membership talks with Croatia on March 17 next year provided thecountry fully cooperated with the UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague,European Council Chairman
Jan Peter Balkenende said. The Croatian Foreign Ministry issued a pressrelease on Friday saying that the European Council today adopted jointPresidency conclusions and a decision on the start of Croatia'sEuropean Union membership negotiations on 17 March 2005. President Stjepan Mesic welcomed the decisionby the European Council on Friday to open membership talks withCroatia in March next year. Prime Minister Ivo Sanader said on Friday thatCroatia had been given an unconditional date for the start ofmembership talks with the European Union and that Friday's decision ofthe European Council was better than he had expected. Nearly all parliamentary parties said on Fridaythey were satisfied with the fact tha