Brussels, 19/02/2003 (Agence Europe) - Having given favourable opinions in 1993 (Cyprus and Malta) and in 1997 (Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovenia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and the Slovak Republic) on opening accession talks, and having negotiated (in the name of the member states) the accession treaty for the ten candidate countries, the European Commission reached the final stage of this latest enlargement procedure by giving a final favourable opinion on the entry of these...