{"id":1700,"date":"2008-02-15T12:31:12","date_gmt":"2008-02-15T12:31:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jcm.org.uk\/blog\/?p=1700"},"modified":"2008-02-15T12:31:12","modified_gmt":"2008-02-15T12:31:12","slug":"links-for-2008-02-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jcm.org.uk\/blog\/2008\/02\/links-for-2008-02-15\/","title":{"rendered":"links for 2008-02-15"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"delicious\">\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.fco.gov.uk\/blogs\/ruairi_oconnell\/\">The blog of the Deputy Head of the British Office in Pristina<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">Hadn&#8217;t noticed this before. It&#8217;s being regularly updated, and should prove an interesting resource over the next weeks and months<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/Kosovo,\">Kosovo,<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/Blogs\">Blogs<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dw-world.de\/dw\/article\/0,,3127027,00.html?maca=en-rss-en-eu-2092-rdf\">Outgoing President Putin Talks Tough to the End<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">I love Putin: &#8220;I do not see any serious failures,&#8221; Putin told a questioner. &#8220;All the tasks we set ourselves have been achieved&#8221;<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/Russia\">Russia<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iht.com\/articles\/2008\/02\/14\/europe\/russia.php\">Putin vows to keep power in Russia<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">&#8220;Putin&#8230; said Thursday that he intended to wield substantial and long-running power in the Kremlin after leaving office next month and becoming prime minister&#8221;<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/Russia\">Russia<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iht.com\/articles\/2008\/02\/14\/europe\/kosovo.php\">On the road to a lawful Kosovo: Evictions<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">It&#8217;s easy to forget the human face in broad political disputes. It&#8217;s also easy for journalists to over-do the human angle. But after the sob-stories, this article raises some interesting questions about Kosovo&#8217;s right to self-determination.<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/Kosovo\">Kosovo<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/Serbia\">Serbia<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dw-world.de\/dw\/article\/0,,3127620,00.html?maca=en-rss-en-eu-2092-rdf\">EU Admits Unity Unlikely as Kosovo Independence Nears<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">The money quote: &#8220;Both Serbia and Russia have secret plans ready in case the West recognizes Kosovo&#8217;s independence. Neither have said what those plans might be.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/Serbia,\">Serbia,<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/Kosovo,\">Kosovo,<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/Russia,\">Russia,<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/EU\">EU<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ft.com\/cms\/s\/0\/5b845818-db50-11dc-9fdd-0000779fd2ac.html\">Politicians blame each other for Italy\u2019s gloom<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">Yep, there&#8217;s yet another Italian election kicking off. And despite my hatred of Berlusconi, it looks rather like he&#8217;s coming up with some interesting tax plans&#8230;<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/Italy,\">Italy,<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/Elections\">Elections<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/kosmopolit.wordpress.com\/2008\/02\/13\/communicating-the-lisbon-treaty\/\">Communicating the Lisbon Treaty<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">Forgot to link to this from Kosmopolit &#8211; a spot-on take on the dismal failure of the EU&#8217;s communications strategy. Sorry, Margot &#8211; but it&#8217;s all true.<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/EU\">EU<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The blog of the Deputy Head of the British Office in Pristina Hadn&#8217;t noticed this before. It&#8217;s being regularly updated, and should prove an interesting resource over the next weeks and months (tags: Kosovo, Blogs) Outgoing President Putin Talks Tough &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/jcm.org.uk\/blog\/2008\/02\/links-for-2008-02-15\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-linklog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jcm.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1700","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jcm.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jcm.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jcm.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jcm.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1700"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jcm.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1700\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jcm.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jcm.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jcm.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}