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            <title><![CDATA[US asks European leaders to avoid calling Russia a ‘rat in a corner,’ sources say]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Washington has asked representatives of European countries to tone down their rhetoric about Russia, Reuters reports, citing several sources familiar with the matter.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2026 12:37:30 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[EU Summit Divided Over Emissions Trading as Energy Prices Soar]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Emissions trading is under fire as high energy and fuel prices across Europe spark conflict at the EU summit in Brussels.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 17:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Estonia says Russia was behind arson attack on defense company in Tallinn]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The arson attack on a defense equipment manufacturing company in Tallinn was Russian sabotage, the Estonian government says. European leaders, including Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, condemn the attack.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 09:13:11 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Russian shadow fleet should be clamped down on harder]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Russian shadow fleet will be met with a tougher response, promise the countries in the northern European, British-led defense cooperation JEF. "We must hunt them down even harder," says British Prime Minister Keir Starmer.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 11:34:56 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Strong EU support for Ukraine manifested in Kyiv]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[EU chief Ursula von der Leyen promises that Ukraine will receive the promised 90 billion euros "one way or another." - Today we stand in Kyiv on a cruel anniversary. But the resilience of the Ukrainian people is unbroken, she said in Kyiv on the fourth anniversary of the Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked the European countries for their support.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 15:46:44 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[EU's eastern defense to be taken "to the next level"]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[In light of the Ukraine war and the threat posed by Russia, Sweden and other EU countries facing Russia are launching a new defense effort. We will take cooperation to the next level, says Latvian Prime Minister Evika Silina.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2025 14:28:29 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Kristersson Signals Strong European Support for Ukraine to the USA]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelenskyj has in Copenhagen participated in a summit with Nordic and Baltic countries on new measures against Russia's war of aggression. Also Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson was on site to, as Zelenskyj expresses it, "prepare major reinforcements for Ukraine".]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2025 07:58:23 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Kristersson in Oslo: Nordic Leaders Push for Ukraine Ceasefire]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Nordic countries and allies within the defense cooperation JEF are now participating in the attempts to achieve a month-long ceasefire in the Ukraine war. Ultimately, Russia must know that there is an "or else", that forces them to accept a ceasefire and respect it, says Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson to TT in Oslo.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2025 08:21:28 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Kristersson Attends Oslo Talks Before Key Trump Summit]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Ulf Kristersson is attending a dinner in Oslo tonight within the British-led defence cooperation JEF. The Prime Minister will prepare with Nordic colleagues for the next major summit with Donald Trump, in the Netherlands in June.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2025 15:37:14 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[NATO expands in the Baltic Sea – launches new operation]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[With the help of a new Nato effort, attacks on the Baltic Sea's infrastructure will be met "robustly and decisively". This was the message when leaders of Nato countries in the region met to discuss the security situation. On the agenda in Helsinki was the Russian shadow fleet believed to be behind the sabotage of several submarine cables.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jan 2025 07:53:27 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Nato meets over suspected cable sabotage]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson (M) is attending a Nato summit in Helsinki on Tuesday. It is entirely clear a response to the incident with Eagle S and other suspected sabotage of sea cables in the Baltic Sea, says Finnish history professor Jari Eloranta.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jan 2025 04:15:24 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[NATO plans operation in the Baltic Sea]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Defense Alliance Nato is planning a larger naval operation in the Baltic Sea to protect cables and sea cables, according to Swedish and Finnish media. Finland is calling a top meeting on Tuesday next week to discuss the suspected cable sabotage in the Gulf of Finland on Christmas Day.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jan 2025 14:45:51 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[EU proposes sanctions against Russian shadow fleet]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The police in Finland are investigating whether a foreign cargo ship - belonging to Russia's shadow fleet - is guilty of the crime of damaging a major power cable between Finland and Estonia. The EU is now proposing new sanctions against Russian ships, and NATO is offering Finland and Estonia support.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 26 Dec 2024 05:16:04 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Kristersson: JEF must be swift-footed]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Rapid Response Force JEF, where Sweden is a member, is seeking its role within NATO. Estonia's Defence Minister Hanno Pevkur expects JEF to quickly intervene if NATO were to hesitate.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 17 Dec 2024 10:27:01 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[New NATO Operation in the Baltic Sea: Submarines and Drones]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[With the help of a new Nato effort, attacks on the Baltic Sea's infrastructure will be met "robustly and firmly". This was the conclusion when leaders of Nato countries in the region met to discuss the security situation. On the agenda in Helsinki was the Russian shadow fleet believed to be behind the sabotage of several submarine cables.]]></description>
            <link>https://swedenherald.com/article/kristersson-tightlipped-about-bidens-health</link>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 09 Jul 2024 20:12:56 GMT</pubDate>
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