I wanted to reply to a comment on that last article you posted (10 bitcoin friendly countries):
I feel germany is missing there, it´s 100% legal to use Bitcoin, a lot of btc nodes are in germany, even the german tax authority has an website about how to tax your bitcoin (25% on profits, but taxfree after 1 year holding etc)...
Germany is also a safe heaven for data protection, has a reason the tor guys reside in berlin and not USA i guess.
Also look into belgium and switzerland a bit more, they are bitcoin friendly too.
Totally disagree with the commenter that Belgium is a Bitcoin friendly country, there are almost no merchants in real life that accept Bitcoin.
Also almost no Bitcoin ATM's, so compared to our neighbor, The Netherlands, it's really slim pickings here for Bitcoin people.
I do hope that changes soon.