Relations between the European Union and Russia have been so devoid of substance in recent years that even a routine summit with few tangible outcomes, such as the one held last week in Stockholm, seems an improvement. Click here for more.
Andrew Wilson, quoted in a piece about the disappearance of a Ukrainian journalists.
Thomas Klau on France's pension protests.
Jose Ignacio Torreblanca on the significance of ETA's call for a cease-fire.