TIRANA (AP) - An Albanian army soldier yesterday shot and killed a teenager and injured another for allegedly entering army territory, the Defense Ministry and police reported. A soldier shot at two teenagers named Afrim Versula, 16, and Dashamir Gjoni, 18, who had allegedly entered army property in the Tirana suburb of Rrapi i Treshit yesterday morning and refused to leave it, said a ministry statement. The soldier had warned the civilians to leave and then shot at them when they refused. Versula, who was shot in the chest, died in hospital while Gjoni was in a serious condition. The soldier was detained and a group of army officers, police and prosecutors were investigating the incident.

BUCHAREST (AFP) - A woman died and a man is still missing after flash floods again hit Romania at the weekend, also damaging about 1,000 homes, officials said yesterday. The 52-year-old woman drowned after severe rains hit the central Prahova region of the country, the Environment Ministry said. A 61-year-old man from Dambovita, who was swept away on Saturday, remains missing, the ministry added. A thousand homes and more than 3,000 outbuildings were damaged, while 90 bridges and 35 kilometers (22 miles) of roads were also hit in the flooding.

Three German tourists were knocked down and killed by a speeding car as they were crossing a road in the southern Turkish seaside resort of Alanya, the Anatolia news agency reported yesterday. The three, aged between 54 and 71, were struck by the vehicle as they walking to their hotel late Sunday. The driver was arrested, the agency said. (AFP)

The Europe Union's leading official in Croatia yesterday expressed concern about sagging enthusiasm for EU membership in the country. Support for entry into the EU has reportedly dropped by about 75 percent during the past year in Croatia, with the latest polls showing that less than half of the country's 4.5 million people were still in favor of joining the bloc. Addressing a crowd in the southern coastal city of Split, the head of the EU commission in Croatia, Jacques Wunenberger, said it was the first time that support for EU membership had fallen in a country after it was granted candidate status. (AP)