Croatia 'leads EU membership race'

Albania's parliament votes to oust top prosecutor International Herald Tribune - 15 hours ago AP PRISTINA, Serbia: Parliament voted Monday to oust Albania's top prosecutor for allegedly violating the country's constitution and failing to fight organized crime. PRESS TV Croatia 'leads EU membership race' The Press Association - 4 hours ago The report assesses progress made by Croatia, Turkey and Macedonia - the three current candidates for EU membership - and by four countries hoping to become formal candidates in the next year or two, Albania, Bosnia, Montenegro and Serbia. international.news.bg 2009 BULGARIA YEAR IN JAPAN Sofia Echo - 17 hours ago Japan would celebrate 2009 as the year of Bulgaria , thus commemorating the 90th anniversary of the establishment of Bulgarian-Japanese diplomatic relations and the 50th anniversary of the restoration of the diplomatic relations between the two ... A documentary on Srebrenica has yet to be screened in Greece Courrier International - 19 hours ago "Only a few Greeks know about the worst massacre on European territory since World War II", notes the journalist Paschos Mandravelis referring to the 1995 massacre in Srebrenica. Pravda Macedonia, Greece receive UN proposals on resolving name dispute Portalino - 9 hours ago marcello ha scritto "At a meeting in New York on Thursday (November 1st), the UN mediator for the Greece- Macedonia name dispute submitted to the UN ambassadors of the two countries, Adamantios Vassilakis of Greece and Nikola Dimitrov of Macedonia, ... Macedonia "No" to Trading its Name BIRN Italy rallies past Serbia at women's volleyball World Cup Xinhua - 1 hour ago 6 (Xinhua) -- European champion Italy rallied from 2-1 down to beat Serbia 3-2 here on Tuesday for its fourth straight win at the 2007 women's volleyball World Cup. Washington Post Italian expulsions worry Romania BBC News - 14 hours ago The prime ministers of Italy and Romania are to meet in Rome on Wednesday in an effort to defuse tensions over Italian deportations.