An article on how the EU has decided to deal with economic issues of its member countries.

Article on Russia's military presence in Georgia since the war in 2008. Russia recognizes two states which have succeeded from Georgia which are more normally not recognized.

The article I referred to in class today. Says a lot about how Germany's state has/has not progressed since WWII.

Interesting article on Fiji's lost Independence Order from Prince Charles. Speaks to the issue of how a country is legally independent and how it is considered an independent nation.

This article touches on the current Bosnian elections which are underway. Bosnia elects 5 presidents and 700 MPs-the system is quite complicated! The main rift in Bosnian politics is on whether Bosnia should remain a unified state or not. The leading Muslim presidental canidate as well as the leading Croatian presidental canidate are both for a unified Bosnia, but the leading Serbian canidate is for a Bosnian Serb secession.

Interesting article on the anniversery of the fall of the Berlin wall. Germany's final payment of reparatioin money stemming from WWI was also made today. The article also touches on minor seperation amongst Germans-there still exist people who would prefer a divided Germany.