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The advice booklet was first published in World War II, before being reissued in 2018 reflecting Stockholm's prior concerns of a worsened security situation in the Baltic Sea region.
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The clear and present danger of nuclear escalation that once lurked over the civilised world’s head has dissipated into the ether, and the nonchalant manner that the world has adopted toward it raises many questions, Stewart Mackinnon writes.
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Pierre Lacotte: French dancer who helped Rudolf Nureyev defect dies
Pierre Lacotte, the French dancer at the heart of a cloak-and-dagger intrigue in 1961 when he helped Rudolf Nureyev defect, has died.
Former Yugoslav nuclear bunker is now an art gallery
The ARK D-O art gallery in the southern Bosnian town of Konjic started life as a nuclear bunker. Now it's once again being seen as a place to shelter in the case of a nuclear strike. But officials say it's not able to withstand modern nuclear weapons.
Barbie goes to space: how did space travel become un-chic?
Italian astronaut, Samantha Cristoforetti, has taken a Barbie doll to space. 50 years ago that would have been the chicest thing ever. What happened?
Mourners pay respects as Gorbachev lies in state
Russians on Saturday bid farewell to former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who died earlier in the week at the age of 91.
How Gorbachev’s dream of liberal, European Russia failed
The death of the eighth and final president of the Soviet Union has sparked debates that are particularly relevant now when Russia is involved in the invasion of its western neighbour.
'Walk with Tito' tour in Zagreb dives into ex-leader's legacy
The tour in Croatia's capital is aimed at reviewing objectively the legacy of Josip Broz Tito, the former Yugoslavia's Communist leader who still sparks heated debate more than four decades after his death.
A new app is bringing Cold War-era Berlin to life
60 years after the Berlin Wall divided the city, a new app aims to give history buffs an immersive experience of this pivotal moment in the Cold War era.
Czech Cold War depot for Soviet nuclear warheads reopens to public
The depot was once one of the most secretive places in former Czechoslovakia. It has now reopened its doors to the public.
George Blake, notorious Soviet Cold War double agent, dies at 98
Blake was jailed in the 1960s for betraying the British foreign intelligence service but escaped and spent the rest of his life behind the Iron Curtain.
Chess 'has not been kind to women,' says world champion Magnus Carlsen
For Carlsen, the world's top-rated chess player and current world chess champion, the character of Beth in the Queen's Gambit could be "a role model for women and girls who want to play chess."
Yalta Conference: How the post-War order was decided
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Euroviews. An opportunity the United Nations and its Secretary-General must not miss ǀ View
Today’s fast-changing geopolitical landscape is creating an environment in which a return to the collective security system of the UN should be attractive to great and small powers alike. The Secretary-General must seize this opportunity.