Serbia has told the European Union it would soon arrest the war crimes fugitive Ratko Mladic, as the EU insists, but expressed concerns that the dispute over Kosovo was driving the country further apart from the group. Serbia’s foreign minister, Vuk Jeremic, spoke with EU foreign ministers Saturday in the first high-level EU-Serbia encounter since member nations began recognizing Kosovo’s secession last month. To date, 18 of the 27 EU nations accept Kosovo’s independence from Serbia. Jeremic said EU nations’ recognition of Kosovo was dangerous, counterproductive and illegal, and that it played into the hands of nationalists running in Serbia’s May 11 elections. Full Story