“We are ready” to start EU accession talks, says Serbia PM

A candidate for EU membership since June 2013, Serbia wants to open negotiating chapters “as soon as possible,” Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said on 4 June, speaking at Johns Hopkins University on a visit to Washington. “We handed over very recently action plans for Chapters 23 and 24” (justice and security) to Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn and have passed three media laws in line with EU requests, he said. “I'm still very dissatisfied with the efficiency of our judiciary. [...]…