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Greece and Russia mend ties after spy row

Greek defence minister Panos Kammenos told his Russian counterpart Sergei Shoigu in Moscow on Monday Russia was a "strategic partner" and he expected a "new era" in relations after the Greek PM, Alexis Tsipras, visits Russia in December. Shoigu complained about new US military deployments in Greece. The meetings come after Greece expelled two alleged Russian spies for trying to stir up trouble over the Macedonia name-change deal in July.

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Norway plays politics with abortion laws

Norway's conservative prime minister, Erna Solberg, has proposed tightening the country's abortion laws, in a political gambit that goes against Europe's liberal trend.

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EU commission redacted too much in 'WiFi4EU' papers

Secretariat-general of the European Commission decides that information redacted by directorate-general Communications Networks, Content and Technology should have been made public.

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