Moscow says its relations with Oslo have plummeted to a “critically low level” in recent months Russia has expelled ten Norwegian diplomats from the embassy in Moscow, declaring them persona non grata after Oslo accused 15 Russian officials of espionage and likewise ordered them to leave Norway.

Europe’s peaceful era has ended, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has said, painting a grim picture of the future arising from tensions with Russia. “The times of peace are over. The post-war era is over,” Tusk said at a meeting of the European People’s Party (EPP) in Bucharest, Romania on Thursday. “We are living through new times…

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