Brussels, 01/10/2007 (Agence Europe) - The prime minister of Slovenia, Janez Jansa, who will be presiding the European Council in the first half of 2008, has written to other leaders and the president of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso, calling for Serbia to be granted the status of candidate country to the EU by “the first half of 2008 at the latest, provided it fulfils the necessary conditions”. Jansa writes that Serbia's integration into the EU will be “the best way of...