Croatia celebrates as country joins the EU

Some 20,000 people and more than 100 European delegates gathered in Zagreb's main square Sunday night to mark Croatia's official accession to the European Union at midnight, when it became the bloc's 28th member. By News Wires (text) Tens of thousands of Croatians cheered the country's entry into the European Union at midnight Sunday as fireworks lit up the skies above Zagreb. It was a historic moment for the former Yugoslav republic, coming nearly two decades after it emerged from a bloody independence war in the 1990s. Some 20,000 people gathered at Zagreb main square, joining more than 100 European dignitaries to mark event on the stroke of midnight (2200 GMT) when...