| Description: | yuanxing2013812501 By Fatos Bytyci PRISTINA (Reuters) - Kosovo on Tuesday raised the prospect of another push for a deal with Serbia to tackle the ethnic partition of the former Serbian province, with Belgrade's hopes of starting European Union accession talks hanging in the balance. Serbia on Monday rejected the principles of an accord that emerged from six months of EU-mediated negotiations, saying they fell short of the broad autonomy it seeks for a small Serb pocket of majority-Albanian Kosovo. The EU says it wants a deal in place before it considers this month whether to recommend the start of membership talks this year, a process that would help drive reform and unlock EU funds for the ailing Serbian economy. EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, who has been mediating the negotiations, is due to submit a progress report on April 16. She had said an inconclusive 12-hour meeting last week between the leaders of Serbia and Ko |
