By Douglas Holtz-Eakin
The young drop coverage to avoid higher premiums
Wildfires fanned by fierce winds and high temperatures raged across a western Spanish region and on the Canary Islands, threatening to cut off phone contact with one island and forcing the evacuation of hundreds of people, officials said Sunday.
Croatians voted Sunday in a referendum on whether to join the European Union — a test of how much the debt-stricken 27-nation bloc has lost in its appeal among aspiring new members.
Croatians voted Sunday in favor of joining the European Union amid a record small referendum turnout in a sign of how much the debt-stricken 27-nation bloc has lost in its appeal within the aspiring member-states.
Young demonstrators who camped out in one of Madrid's busiest squares to protest bleak economic prospects began leaving the plaza to squads of cleaners Sunday after voting to end more than three weeks of vociferous protest.
"Croatia won the war, it is a great achievement but Croatia still has to battle to win in peace," Mr. Josipovic said at a ceremony at the former ethnic Serb rebel stronghold of Knin, marking the 17th anniversary of Operation Storm.
"Winning in peace means also extending a hand to our Serb citizens, acknowledging and bowing to their victims"
