The European Commission is set to delay a recommendation on Serbia's readiness to start talks to join the European Union, due on Tuesday, April 16, to allow time for Serbia and Kosovo to resume talks on the ethnic partition of its former province, diplomats said, according to Reuters.

One EU diplomat said the keenly awaited report on Serbia's prospects would be delayed by a few days. A Commission report on Macedonia's prospects for starting EU accession talks is due to be published later on Tuesday.