1) Nationalism isn’t dead either, unfortunately.
The British Isles seem to have been brought closer together than ever in the last few days by universal footballing joy, but events in Serbia were a stern reminder that nationalism still rears its violent head regularly across the continent. The abandoning of Serbia-Albania because of a “drone carrying a political message” is undoubtedly a bizarre headline, but the human tragedy that lies behind the tension in the Balkans is no laughing matter.