Here we go – the wider fallout of supporting Kosovo’s independence starts to appear

“Sweden wants to boost the liberal economic stance of the EU by rallying pro-free trade countries against… a ‘scary’ rise of protectionism” – yay for Sweden!

The “lighter” side of Putin’s presidency

“His last name stems from medved, the word for bear… A Medvedev pun says that Putin has promoted a tamed bear to the presidency to demonstrate that politics is a circus” – hilarious…

Interesting notion – and makes a certain kind of sense… Either way, it’ll be interesting to see if Zapatero ever turns his attention away from domestic politics long enough to make an impact on the EU.