BELGRADE (Reuters) - The arrest of war crimes suspect Ratko Mladic looks set to provide Serbian President Boris Tadic with a much-needed political boost as it promises progress towards EU membership and the economic aid that brings.
Serbian officials have repeatedly said Belgrade expected to gain EU candidate status in October and a date to begin membership talks by the end of the year. Those expectations were seen as key to boosting Tadic's Democratic Party's (DS) fortunes in an early 2012 vote.
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