Kofi Annan has now produced a final plan for Cyprus which will be put to referendums in the two halves of the island

A Periodic Table of Blogs by Score Bard. Apparently, it has been discovered by the Instapundit last November. But I had not seen it yet and so had to express my excitement by posting this link.

The Greek government doubts that an agreement over Cyprus will be reached before the deadline for negotiations to conclude, which will mean Kofi Annan will be required to impose a solution before referendums are held

Two sad recent deaths: Legendary actor/writer/raconteur Peter Ustinov and British Letter From America broadcaster and writer Alistair Cooke

An in interesting Guardian interview with European Parliament President Pat Cox

If you’re off to the pub in Ireland, leave your ciggies at home. As of today. smoking is illegal in public workplaces. Those near the border may slip across to the wee North for a fag with their pint.

Reuters points out that owning a single share of Eurodisney, the long time ill-fated European branch of Disney, may have been one of the best investments in recent European economic history. Shareholders attending last Thursday’s annual meeting were rewarded with two tickets, a Lion-King toy, and a restaurant voucher. Just the tickets, currently priced at ? 98, represent a yield of about 21800 % for a single share, which was priced at ? 0.45 on the same day.

Europe and the War on Liberty - Maria Farrell on the proposals for European anti-terror legislation after Madrid

Europe Counts - a European Parliament site trying to encourage voters to take part in June’s Parliament elections (found via Doctor Vee)

Early Monday morning, Israeli forces killed Hamas’ spiritual leader Sheik Ahmed Yassin. Here’s some early coverage of this important development from Reuters, AP, and Haaretz.