The European Commission will recommend on Wednesday that 10 applicant countries can finish entry talks by the end of this year and join the European Union by 2004. Candidates shortlist Cyprus Czech Republic Estonia Hungary Latvia Lithuania Malta Poland Slovakia Slovenia A 93-page report to be unveiled in Brussels, called "Towards an Enlarged Union", is an important landmark on the road to the EU's most ambitious expansion yet. But it will also propose strict monitoring of the new entrants, and it will not mention the date when Turkey can expect to start membership talks. The 10 mostly former communist countries...