Rows over reforms, election bog down Albania's EU accession talks

By Benet KolekaTIRANA (Reuters) - Albania's political parties snuffed out hopes on Saturday for a compromise that would keep open the Balkan state's path to European Union membership after Brussels warned that an opposition boycott of parliament put accession talks at risk.The Democratic Party's two-week-long protest in a tent outside Prime Minister Edi Rama's office and its boycott of parliament have stalled the creation of bodies that would vet 750 judges and prosecutors.Reform of the judiciar