Slovenia ups stakes in Adriatic border dispute
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Slovenia says it is ready to up the ante in a dispute with Croatia over fishing rights that also has major ramifications for EU enlargement plans in the Balkans.
Slovenia and Croatia have been locked in a fight over their mutual border, including the boundary in the Bay of Piran in the Adriatic Sea, since the fall of Yugoslavia. Now, frustrated that Croatia will not accept an international arbitration ruling, Ljubljana is threatening to open up new legal and diplomatic fronts.