A moral leadership is emerging in the Balkans

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The arrest of Ratko Mladic has created a space for dialogue to replace bloodshed in the Balkans, and the EU will play its part

    Catherine Ashton

guardian.co.uk, Thursday 2 June 2011 12.44 BST

Boris Tadic, Serbia's reform-minded president, was understandably cheerful when I met him last week. As my plane landed in Belgrade, the world learned that Ratko Mladic had just been arrested. Europe's most wanted fugitive was behind bars and now faces trial in The Hague for crimes against humanity. Tadic told me that, by capturing Mladic, he had moved his country closer to playing its full part in today's Europe. I agree....more...

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