Albania

photo--German Chancellor Angela Merkel with Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen (2ndL) and Foreign Minister Michael Martin (L)
If Ireland rejects the Lisbon Treaty for the second time, the European Union's expansion hopes will be dashed. [more]
People walk by banners bearing Albanian and NATO insignia in Tirana, Albania, on March 31, 2009
April 1, 2009 2208 GMT
Albania and Croatia became official members of the NATO alliance April 1. [more]
Sale signs in a Berlin department store window,  Jan. 14
February 4, 2009 2108 GMT
Among countries dependent on remittances from workers abroad, some are more vulnerable to social upheaval than others. [more]
Leaders of NATO Countries at the NATO Summit in Bucharest
Though the April 2-4 summit in Bucharest, Romania, is still under way, enough decisions have been made to establish the summit’s agenda regarding enlargement. [more]
Photo - Rice at NATO meeting
Foreign ministers from the 26 NATO member countries met in Brussels, Belgium, on March 6 to discuss the alliance's enlargement plans. [more]
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