The president of Estonia unloads both barrels on Paul Krugman. (UPDATE: Krugman shrugs).

Henrique Capriles steps down as Miranda state governor to focus on the Venezuelan presidential campaign.

Haunting photo essay of the new Athens.

The misery of being Greek, from someone who knows.

Russian president Vladimir Putin pushes anti-protest law through the Duma. Alexey Nalvany does not care for this.

Incoming Hong Kong chief exec Leung Chun-ying is planning his first 100-day blitz.

The economics blogosphere — from all sides of the debate — is noting with some alarm Martin Wolf’s latest column in the Financial Times:

Before now, I had never really understood how the 1930s could happen. Now I do. All one needs are fragile economies, a rigid monetary regime, intense debate over what must be done, widespread belief that suffering is good, myopic politicians, an inability to co-operate and failure to stay ahead of events.

Former Senegalese president Abdoulaye Wade, who was defeated by Macky Sall in March 2012, is now under suspicion of embezzlement of public assets upon leaving office.

More Tahrir Square protests demanding Ahmed Shafiq’s disuqalification from June 16’s Egyptian presidential runoff.

Recently defeated Serbian president Boris Tadić says his party may be close to forming a parliamentary majority with the Progressives.

Germany’s Pirate Party has growing pains.

More evidence that Kim Han-gil is emerging as the Democratic United Party’s presidential candidate for December’s election.

In an apparent dirty trick, someone is putting up “Diosdado for president” posters in Caracas — Diosdado Cabello is president of the Asamblea Nacional and an ally of ailing Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez, who would be one of several potential PSUV candidates for Venezuela’s presidency in the event of Chávez’s death.

More confirmation that the Greek election comes down to who can get the best deal from Europe without getting booted from the eurozone.

In losing the ‘no’ campaign on the Irish referendum, did Gerry Adams win the next general election?

Voting in Libya’s first post-Gaddafi parliamentary elections, scheduled for June 19, has been postponed.

In Australia, Kevin Rudd and Malcolm Turnbull both remain more popular than their respective rivals, Labor prime minister Julie Gillard and Coalition opposition leader Tony Abbott.

A stripper, a porn star, the Church of Blessed Consumerism and other screwball French legislative candidates.

Tyler Cowen on the economic future of Italy, Greece and the eurozone.

Ahn Cheol-soo is moving closer toward running in South Korea’s December presidential election. No word on whether his Angry Birds-themed commentary will return.

Spain is leaking capital in what has become the Rajoy government’s first (and perhaps largest) test.

Violence in Kosovo might be the Nikolić presidency’s first test in Serbia.

The latest round of talks on tuition have collapsed in Quebec.

Dan Rather says the end is near for Hugo Chávez (note that Venezuela is set to hold its presidential election on October 7).

Polling seems light so far in today’s Irish referendum on the fiscal compact. Results are due to be announced by tomorrow evening.

The most important data point for the next week (at least) in European politics.

New Serbian president Tomislav Nikolić was sworn in today, even as the expected Democrat-Progressive parliamentary government has yet to take full shape.