Europe's leaders embraced Croatia as the EU's 28th member on Friday but dashed the hopes of its former Yugoslav neighbour Serbia to clear a new hurdle in its longstanding bid to join the club. As Zagreb signed an European Union accession treaty, Belgrade was prodded to make further progress in defusing tension on the north Kosovo border and normalising relations with Pristina, after its 2008 breakaway. Croatia's signature follows almost a decade of long and often fraught negotiations. "We are finally crossing the threshold of our European home," Ivo Josipovic, Croatia’s president, said. Along with Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor, Josipovic signed the legal paperwork at a ceremony...
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