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24th Aug 2017

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Report: Sweden on heightened security due to Russia

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Swedish daily Dagens Nyheter reported Monday, citing anonymous government sources, that an unspecified threat by Russia prompted authorities to station troops temporarily on the strategic island of Gotland in the Baltic Sea last week. The Baltic region has seen increased tensions following Russian military drills and Nato counter-drills, as Nato prepares to deploy an anti-Russia deterrent force in the Baltic states and in Poland.

Opinion

Managing migration: a European responsibility

"The EU now needs to bring its weight to bear, to ensure non-EU countries cooperate on taking back their nationals arriving as economic migrants", writes migration commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos.

'Killer robots' are not about Terminator

A European signatory of an open letter about autonomous weapons says the imagery of fictional killer robots is distracting from a seriously dangerous issue.

News in Brief

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  2. EU calls on Serbia and Macedonia to remain calm
  3. Schulz wants US to remove nuclear weapons from Germany
  4. Ukraine and Russia to announce another ceasefire
  5. EU to investigate Monsanto-Bayer merger
  6. US will ask Nato allies to send more troops into Afghanistan
  7. Greece to be absent at event on Communism and Nazism
  8. Czechs want observer status in Eurogroup meetings

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