No, not Sony. European regulations dictate a 2-year warranty must be offered to the consumer for most consumer electronics (there are exceptions, e.g.: batteries are 6 months, except manufacturing defects; a "few" dead pixels on a screen are allowed; etc...). Also, once you activate warranty, there's a 30-day limit to have your problem solved, even if temporarily (have it fixed, get a refurb, a new one, your money back, etc).
Now, if the manufacturer does not provide such warranty (and they usually do, for products designed to be sold in Europe, which is another reason things are more expensive here), the retailer you purchased it from is ultimately responsible. The problem for "significant" import shops (for a definition of significant), is that they have to abide by these consumer protection regulations (as well as safety regulations, etc) to sell such products into Europe, even if they are based outside of Europe.
That's one reason why shops like amazon.com will refuse to ship consumer electronics products to Europe. Which doesn't mean you can't buy them, it just means you'll have to find an importer for those products (which will for sure charge generously for such services).
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