No EU accession talks for Serbia or Macedonia

EU ministers have declined to open accession talks with Serbia or Macedonia, while criticising Turkey for jailing journalists.

The ministers said after a meeting in Brussels on Tuesday (11 December) that accession talks with Serbia might begin under the Irish EU presidency in Spring if the European Commission deems that Belgrade has done enough to normalise day-to-day relations with Kosovo.

They told Macedonia it must also wait until Spring to see if the commission believes it h...