Country field export not 'localized' and special characters not handled properly

Situation:
contacts are selected in the normal search screen. From this screen they are selected (all) and the option is chosen to export the contact. When looking at the export list in excel the country which is in screen 'Nederland' is called 'Netherlands' in excel, which means it is not translated.

We also have a report that special characters are not handled properly in export:
http://forum.civicrm.org/index.php/topic,10076.0.html

I've asked the poster to add details to this issue.