Serbian Prime Minister and leader of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) Aleksandar Vucic reacts after elections in Belgrade, Serbia April 24, 2016. REUTERS/Marko Djurica
BANJA LUKA, Bosnia (Reuters) - Bosnia's Serbs withdrew their objections to a trade agreement with the European Union on Friday, lifting a key blockage to talks on the whole country joining the bloc following intervention from Germany.
Bosnia, an ethnically divided Balkan nation beset by economic woes, applied to join the 28-nation EU in February and hoped Brussels would consider its membership bid at its ministerial council on Monday.
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