From the Heart of Europe

• EU puts self-interest before peace in Western Sahara
  Each year, the EU pays Morocco millions of Euros for fishing licences offshore Western Saharan waters – an area not falling under Moroccan sovereignty... a direct support to the illegal and brutal Moroccan occupation of Western Sahara.
  (tags: westernsahara)
• Goodbye Brussels
  David Rennie of the Economist is leaving - we will miss him, but look forward to his acerbic insights on British politics in the future.
  (tags: eu)

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I did an interview with a Kosovar journalist earlier in the week, and was alarmed when a friend in Pristina emailed to commiserate on how heavily the years are hanging on me:

http://www.koha.net/index.php?cid=1,22,26831

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I think they have confused me with this gentleman.

Edited to add: They've changed the photo now!