18 Jun 08 - "Swedish lawmakers voted late on Wednesday in favour of a controversial bill allowing all emails and phone calls to be monitored in the name of national security."
The Faroe Islands have come back in the last few years, with unemployment down to 5% in mid-1998. In 2006 unemployment declined to 3%, one of the lowest rates in Europe
The Vatican City was the most stable country, ahead of the UK, followed by Sweden, Luxembourg, Monaco, Gibraltar, San Marino and Liechtenstein. The Netherlands came ninth and Ireland tenth.