These security routines have now been in place for a long time, which means that Sweden's conditions to handle BSE are regarded as very good, despite the fact that we now have an isolated case.

We will immediately put in action a preparedness plan for this kind of situation.

That Sweden should have a case of BSE is regrettable but despite everything not unexpected. The EU...had in its previous risk assessment designated Sweden as a country where it was unlikely, but not impossible, that BSE might occur.

We've come to this dark time in which the new Gestapo of Homeland Security lurks here, where citizens are having their rights suspended. You can be arrested and not charged. You can be arrested and have no right to counsel.

The (U.N.) Security Council has warned for a long time that sanctions are needed.

It's going to add some volatility to markets for some time to come because of security of supply issues. There are a lot of implications from this slippage [in gas deliveries].