Fishery row highlights Balkan pitfalls for EU

A fisheries and border dispute between Slovenia and Croatia (and Italy) reminded the European Union, February 2008,that Kosovo is by no means the only ghost of communist Yugoslavia stalking the EU’s foreign policy.

Council of the European Union: Press Release, 18.2.08: Council Conclusions on enlargement: Croatian Ecological and Fisheries Protection Zone http://www.consilium.europa.eu/ueDocs/cms_Data/docs/pressData/en/gena/98780.pdf

Wikipedia: Ecological and Fisheries Protection Zone http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecological_and_Fisheries_Protection_Zone

BBC News, 18.2.09: Slovenia-Croatia border row heats up http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7896040.stm

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