Croatian president Stipe Mesic adjusts his tie as he waits to pose for a family photo at the Balkan-EU summit in Zagreb November 24, 2000. Five Balkan countries, four of them successors of communist Yugoslavia, are hoping that a European Union summit in Zagreb today will help them leave behind a decade of political and economic misery. The one-day Balkan-EU summit will bring together for the first time the wealthy 15-member bloc and Europe's [former trouble spots - Croatia, Bosnia, Yugoslavia, Macedonia and Albania. ]