Sixty-nine, and counting

Jul 23rd 2010, 13:16 by The Economist online
ON JULY 22nd, the International Court of Justice in The Hague ruled that Kosovo's 2008 declaration of independence from Serbia did not violate international law. Some analysts expect many countries to respond to the ruling by recognising Kosovo's statehood.
The map below depicts the 69 countries that had recognised Kosovo at the time of the ruling, including 22 of the 27 EU member states। (The exceptions are Cyprus, Greece, Romania, Slovakia and Spain).

http://www.economist.com/blogs/easternapproaches/2010/07/recognising_kosovos_independence