EU summit decides to launch membership talks with Ukraine

European Union leaders agreed on Thursday to open membership talks with Ukraine, something Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban for weeks had vowed to block.There was no immediate comment from Hungary after the chairman of the summit, European Council President Charles Michel, said: “The European Council has decided to open accession negotiations with Ukraine & Moldova.”He went on to say the summit granted EU candidate status to Georgia and would also advance an EU bid by another hopeful – Bosnia – once it reaches “the necessary degree of compliance” with criteria.