On April 19, Croatia closed two more chapters in its accession talks with the EU, which called on the authorities in Zagreb to devote greater attention to prosecuting unpunished war crimes.

"Even more attention needs to be devoted to the question of unpunished [crimes], considering that there is an entire series of war crimes that needs to be investigated and prosecuted in Croatia," representatives of the 27-member bloc said at a conference in Brussels devoted to Croatia's accession to the EU.

Stressing "the overall good cooperation" between Croatia and the ICTY, representatives of the EU, the AFP said, reiterated that "full cooperation" with the court was still a requisite for continuing the negotiations.

Two chapters -- Agriculture and Rural Development and Regional Policy and the Coordination of Structural Instruments -- were closed at the intergovernmental conference on accession, HINA reported.

Croatia has so far closed 30 out of 35 total chapters.