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Russia is now using nuclear-capable missiles with non-explosive warheads to exhaust Ukraine’s air defences, the Ukrainian military has said. It displayed what it said were fragments of Soviet-made X-55 cruise missiles – designed for nuclear use – found in Ukraine’s two western regions. The rockets are being launched to “exhaust the air-defence system of our country,” a Ukrainian official said. He said tests on the fragments did not show abnormal levels of radioactivity. Ukrainian military experts say Russia may have significantly depleted its vast missile arsenal after carrying out wave after wave of massive strikes on Ukraine’s critical infrastructure in…
Security services in Norway have charged a university lecturer with gathering illegal intelligence and claim to have uncovered his real identity. The suspect, said to be in his 30s, had posed as a Brazilian academic, but officials claim he is a Russian spy. He has been named in Norwegian media as Russian national Mikhail Valerievich Mikushin. The suspect’s lawyer has said he denies the charges. Earlier in the week, Norwegian officials said the man had a Brazilian passport and had worked as a researcher at the University of Tromso in the north of the country since 2021. Now more details…
Two Swedish brothers accused of selling secrets to Russia’s intelligence services have gone on trial in what has been called one of Sweden’s worst ever alleged cases of espionage. Peyman Kia, 42, and Payam Kia, 35, are accused of spying for Moscow over a 10-year period. The older brother previously worked for Sweden’s security services and army. Both men deny wrongdoing, and Peyman Kia’s lawyer insists prosecutors do not have enough evidence for a conviction. Prosecutor Mats Ljungqvist described the case as unique, telling Sweden’s public broadcaster SVT the country had not seen anything like it “in over 20 years”.…
“They took our four children from us based on our neighbour’s complaint. Even though the investigation that followed did not find any evidence that we used violence against our children, they did not give them back to us.” A Syrian father is seeking help from Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, to help rescue his five children after they were taken by Swedish authorities and forbidden to see their parents. Shortly after being allocated to the county of Norrbotten in northern Sweden in 2017 as part of the United Nations’ refugee resettlement program, Diab Talal and his family were torn apart…
Migrant women are missed potential for the Finnish labour market Migrant women arriving from third countries struggle with finding employment in Finland. The Finnish labour market includes various discriminatory structures, and even a high level of education does not necessarily guarantee success for migrant women when it comes to accessing working life. This also affects the integration of the next generation. This information is reflected in the recent reports by the European Migration Network (EMN). Low employment rates delay the integration of migrant women. According to Eurostat labour statistics, the employment rate of third-country migrant women living in Finland was only…
Regardless of the outcome of the November 1 polls, Denmark is expected to maintain its restrictive immigration policies. A week before the Danish general elections on November 1, the race seems as tight as ever, with polls showing the centre-left bloc neck and neck with the centre-right opposition. A record-high number of voters have changed positions during the past weeks, and the new Moderates party is growing rapidly after campaigning to form a government across the traditional left-right divide in Danish politics. Regardless of the outcome, however, it seems certain that Denmark is set to continue its controversial path as…
Maryya Kalesnikava, a leading opposition activist in Belarus who was sentenced to 11 years in prison in September 2021, has been transferred to a hospital and is currently being treated for unspecified illness in an intensive care unit. Viktar Babaryka, a would-be Belarusian presidential candidate in 2020, wrote on Telegram on November 29 that Kalesnikava was rushed to a hospital in the city of Homel, 300 kilometers southeast of the capital, Minsk, a day earlier. Kalesnikava’s lawyer, Uladzimer Pylchanka, told RFE/RL that the hospital confirmed to him that his client is being treated in the facility, adding that he was not allowed…
Journalist and writer Elisabeth Alexandrova-Zorina, who is married to a Swedish man and has a 14-month-old son, has been refused residency by Stockholm. You can share an article by clicking on the share icons at the top right of it.The total or partial reproduction of an article, without the prior written authorization of Le Monde, is strictly forbidden.For more information, see our Terms and Conditions.For all authorization requests, contact droitsdauteur@lemonde.fr. https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2022/11/24/russian-dissident-journalist-asked-to-leave-sweden_6005499_4.html On Monday, November 14, Russian journalist Elisabeth Alexandrova-Zorina, or “Liza” as she is known, received a letter from the Swedish Immigration Department. The letter informed her that her application…
Under a more hostile immigration system, young volunteers fight to help fellow refugees stay – but their work is never done. Maryam Awad is 22 and cannot remember the last time she had a good night’s sleep. It was probably before her application to renew her residency permit as a refugee in Denmark was rejected two years ago, she says. Before 2015, Awad’s family lived in a small town outside Damascus, but fled to Denmark after her older brother was detained by the regime. The family have been living in Aarhus, a port city in northern Denmark, for eight years. Awad and…
To understand the new politics stance and other pro nationals of recent times, we should look to Silicon Valley and the quantified movement of the latest generation. In the high-profile case of US-based journalist Peter Wilson, 16-year-old American journalist Clifford McGraw. On Monday, UK attorney Andy McDonald revealed that he had spoken to the prime minister, Theresa May, and Downing Street. Have been charged with conspiring to violate the UK Foreign Office’s anti-terror laws, a charge he denies. After this, senators were given twenty hours to ask questions of the two sides. Anthony Zucker: Why there could be a speedy…