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AMSTERDAM WINS BATTLE TO HOST EU MEDICINES AGENCY AFTER BREXIT
EU President Donald Tusk said on Twitter before the vote that whatever the outcome, the real winner of today's vote is EU27... READ MORE›
IN SHADOW OF GERMANY'S CLIMATE CONFERENCE, A VILLAGE DISAPPEARS TO MAKE WAY FOR COAL
Germany already plans to get out of hard coal, with the last underground mines closing next year... READ MORE›
THE SWEDISH AMBASSADOR'S SEARCHES FOR ANSWERS IN TRUMP COUNTRY
Ambassador Karin Olofsdotter and Julie Smith, a former Obama White House official, walk through downtown Pittsburgh, where Smith struggled to line up meetings with Trump supporters... READ MORE›
FLIGHT 666 LANDS IN HEL ON FRIDAY THE 13TH
The Finnair flight took off from Copenhagen, Denmark, in the 13th hour of Friday the 13th, headed for Helsinki Vantaa airport... READ MORE›
LATVIA'S CELLPHONES STOPPED WORKING. RUSSIA'S WAR GAMES MAY BE TO BLAME.
The Baltic country's emergency-services hotline and part of its cell network went down during major Russian military exercises... READ MORE›
TRAIN COLLIDES WITH TANK SOUTH OF STOCKHOLM, FOUR INJURED
Train collides with tank south of Stockholm, four injured report... READ MORE›
GERMANY VOTES AS MERKEL BIDS FOR A FOURTH TERM, FAR-RIGHT EYES SEATS IN PARLIAMENT
A three-party government would be new for modern Germany, and could limit Merkel's room to maneuver as she attempts to bridge critical divides... READ MORE›
PUTIN WATCHES AS RUSSIA'S MILITARY EXERCISES TURN UP THE FIREPOWER
After repelling the invasion, the Russian forces launched a tank-led counteroffensive... READ MORE›
CHINA'S NAVY PREPARES FOR JOINT MILITARY DRILL WITH RUSSIA
Both Russia and China say the exercises are not directed at any third parties... READ MORE›
RUSSIA AND BELARUS LAUNCH WAR GAMES AIMED AT HOLDING THE LINE AGAINST THE WEST
Vladi-mir Makarov, a Belarusan military spokesman, said that all 3,000 Russian military personnel in the country would leave when the war games conclude Wednesday... READ MORE›
FEARING RUSSIA, NEUTRAL SWEDEN HOLDS BIGGEST WAR GAMES IN 20 YEARS
Around 1500 troops from the United States, France, Norway and other NATO allies are taking part in the exercise dubbed Aurora... READ MORE›
PUTIN STARTS WAR GAME ON NATO FRONTIER ALARMING A WARY EUROPE
That estimate includes joint exercises in Kaliningrad, Russia's nuclear-armed enclave on the Baltic Sea that's nestled between Poland and Lithuania... READ MORE›
ANALYSIS | WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT RUSSIA'S HUGE MILITARY EXERCISE
Official Russian figures claim the exercises will involve 12,700 troops and 680 pieces of military hardware, including 138 tanks... READ MORE›
RUSSIA'S LARGE-SCALE ZAPAD WAR GAMES UNNERVE THE WEST
The last thing we want is a military escalation with Russia, said one senior NATO official involved in military planning, referring to Zapad... READ MORE›
SCIENTISTS SAY DNA TESTS SHOW VIKING WARRIOR WAS FEMALE
The researchers say the grave near Stockholm has the first confirmed remains of a high-ranking female Viking warrior... READ MORE›
FEAR AND CONFIDENCE IN THE FACE OF RUSSIAN WAR GAMES
Western officials say the military exercises simulate an offensive against NATO... READ MORE›
NATO CHIEF: WORLD IS AT ITS MOST DANGEROUS POINT IN A GENERATION
Exclusive Jens Stoltenberg warns of converging threats as Russia mobilises estimated 100,000 troops on EU's borders... READ MORE›
Trending News Headlines : Baltic Sea
BRITAIN TO SEND HUNDREDS MORE TROOPS TO RUSSIA BORDER AS COLD WAR TENSION ESCALATES ACROSS EUROPE
Britain will send hundreds more troops close to Russia rsquo... READ MORE›
GERMANY APPROVES SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, BRINGING IT IN LINE WITH MUCH OF WESTERN EUROPE
Over time, however, church attendance has waned, and polling suggests that a comfortable majority of the public supports same-sex marriage... READ MORE›
RUSSIA DEPLOYS NUCLEAR-CAPABLE MISSILES IN KALININGRAD
Russia deploys nuclear-capable Iskander missiles in its Kaliningrad region, bordering Poland and Lithuania... READ MORE›
THE MOST DESIRABLE PASSPORTS ON EARTH DON'T INCLUDE AMERICA'S
A Swedish passport allows visa-free travel to 176 countries or territories, just one fewer than world leader Germany... READ MORE›
FOES OF RUSSIA SAY CHILD PORNOGRAPHY IS PLANTED TO RUIN THEM
Before becoming president at the end of 1999, Mr. Putin played a prominent role in a particularly spectacular example of this Russian specialty... READ MORE›
MERKEL PRESSES PUTIN ON TREATMENT OF GAYS AND JEHOVAHS WITNESSES
Germans have been among the staunchest supporters of the plan, while European capitals generally hostile to Moscow are opposed to increasing dependence on Russian gas... READ MORE›
EUROPE FACES DROUGHTS, FLOODS AND STORMS AS CLIMATE CHANGE ACCELERATES
Empirical evidence is the basis of the climate debate, Bruyninckx said... READ MORE›
THESE MAPS SHOW HOW RUSSIA HAS EUROPE SPOOKED
Bastion land-based coastal-defense missile launchers In October, Russia beefed up its anti-shipping defenses in Kaliningrad with these launchers... READ MORE›
US TANKS ARRIVE IN GERMANY FOR NATO MISSION IN EUROPE
Hundreds of military vehicles will be transported to eastern Europe in NATO buildup that could increase Russia tensions... READ MORE›
IN FIRST NATO WAR GAME DEFENDS BALTIC WEAK SPOT
If seized by Russia, it would cut off Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania... READ MORE›
U.S. TROOPS TRAIN IN EASTERN EUROPE TO ECHOES OF THE COLD WAR
The United States Army's presence in Europe is a far cry from the height of the Cold War, 30,000 soldiers now compared with 300,000 then, General Hodges said... READ MORE›
THE UNITED STATES MUST JOIN EUROPE TO RESIST RUSSIA'S MEDDLING
Russian intelligence leaders don't have many U.S. assets to freeze... READ MORE›
RUSSIAN CARRIER IS BOUND FOR SYRIA, FLEXING MUSCLE BUT RISKING MALFUNCTION
Russian warplanes have buzzed several United States Navy ships and flown patrols that skirt territorial waters... READ MORE›
RUSSIAN WARPLANES KEEP BUZZING THE BALTICS. HERE'S HOW NATO SCRAMBLES.
But if a Russian plane violates NATO airspace -- which has happened five times in Estonia this year -- the situation could quickly escalate... READ MORE›
'SWEDEN HAS BEEN ATTACKED': TRUCK CRASHES INTO STOCKHOLM STORE, KILLING 4
Shoppers were locked inside stores after businesses triggered their automatic security systems. Police evacuated Stockholm's central train station and shut down the subway... READ MORE›
DNA OF HEADLESS TORSO MATCHES MISSING SWEDISH JOURNALIST KIM WALL
Missing Swedish journalist Kim Wall Police say DNA of headless torso matches... READ MORE›
BALTIC WARNING OVER RUSSIAN MOVE ON NATO
Lithuania has warned that Russian President Vladimir Putin may test Nato in the weeks before Donald Trump becomes US president... READ MORE›
US TO SHIP 1,600 TANKS TO DUTCH ARMS DEPOT IN 'CLEAR MESSAGE' TO RUSSIA
Russian officials, meanwhile, have consistently warned that aggressive NATO maneuvers near Russian territory could undermine regional security... READ MORE›
RUSSIA MOVES NUCLEAR-CAPABLE MISSILES TO NATO DOORSTEP
Lithuania and Poland have expressed concerns as Russia confirmed the deployment of nuclear-capable Iskander missiles into its Kaliningrad outpost that borders the two NATO members... READ MORE›
MERKEL'S PARTY BEATEN BY RIGHTWING POPULISTS IN STATE ELECTION - EXIT POLLS
Alternative fur Deutschland on 21 percent with chancellor's CDU on 20 percent in German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern... READ MORE›
CATS' DOMESTICATION AND SPREAD ACROSS THE WORLD REVEALED BY DNA STUDY
How cats conquered the world -- and our hearts... READ MORE›
RUSSIA TRANSFERS NUCLEAR-CAPABLE MISSILES TO KALININGRAD
Lithuania, which neighbours Kaliningrad and is a member of Nato, said it would protest against the move... READ MORE›
WHAT IS THE WORLDS GREATEST SKYLINE?
For, once seen, how could anyone forget the lyrical skylines of Edinburgh, Manhattan, Hong Kong or Helsinki?... READ MORE›
'A VERY PROVOCATIVE ACTION': CANADA'S WAR GAMES IN THE BALTICS IRK SENIOR RUSSIAN OFFICIAL
That led the Trudeau government to commit more than 350 million dollars to send Canadian troops to lead the NATO force in Latvia for three years... READ MORE›
RUSSIAN DEFENCE MINISTER'S PLANE 'BUZZED' BY NATO JET
Nato has beefed up its military presence in Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, in the wake of Russia's seizure and annexation Ukraine's Crimean peninsula in 2014... READ MORE›
NATO JET BUZZES RUSSIAN DEFENSE MINISTER'S PLANE
NATO jet buzzes Russian defense minister's plane, reports say... READ MORE›
$1,570,000,000,000: HOW MUCH THE WORLD SPENT ON ARMS THIS YEARA
Increased fears about global stability and the rise of new military powers is driving a return to steady growth in worldwide defence spending... READ MORE›
RUSSIAN PACT WIDENS RIFT BETWEEN KERRY AND PENTAGON
But he said United Nations relief trucks bound for Aleppo, lined up at southern Turkey's border with Syria, had not received assurances of safe travel... READ MORE›
GERMAN POLICE INVESTIGATE PROBABLE TERROR ATTACK IN BERLIN
Berlin, a divided frontline city with an Allied military presence during the Cold War, has largely avoided major attacks for decades... READ MORE›
A BRAWL OVER CHRISTMAS TREE BRAGGING RIGHTS
RIGA, Latvia -- In the Baltics, there may be no war on Christmas but there's a pretty prickly one over the tree... READ MORE›