tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-50876236973343456082008-03-13T21:21:00.000+02:002008-03-13T21:21:00.000+02:00More about the West's bulwark:<BR/><BR/>Within the EU, there are at least five camps or groupings, when it comes to deal with Russia, enunciated the ECFR report, ranging from the "Trojan horse" countries, strategic partners and the friendly and cool partners to the "new Cold warriors": the "Trojan horse" countries refer to Cyprus and Greece; the "strategic partners" imply France, Germany, Italy and Spain; the friendly pragmatist nations are Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Finland, Hungary, Luxemburg, Malta, Portugal, Slovakia and Slovenia; the "cool pragmatists" indicate Czech, Demark, Estonia, Ireland, Latvia, Netherlands, Romania, Sweden and Britain; whereas Lithuania and Poland are cited as the "new Cold warriors".<BR/>http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90001/90780/91343/6302611.html<BR/><BR/>I remember waiting for a ferry to go to Saaremaa in 1997 and talking to a few local guys in a trahter. They spoke no English, and my Estonian being nonexistent, we switched to Russian. I told them I wanted to go to Kihelkonna and see Vilsandi, whereupon one guy, quite drunk at the time, said: There is a scenic road of stone eggs leading there. The other Estonian guy explained that his buddy just used a calque for cobblestone in Estonian...<BR/><BR/>I've stayed in Kihelkonna a couple of times. What a lovely place, as is the rest the island. The Karujarv lake is unique, being an island lake. It has the clearest water I've seen anywhereНаблюдательhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18263962539998359184noreply@blogger.com