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Sweden calls off hunt for submarine in return to Cold War scares bne In a return to Cold War-era scares, Sweden has been gripped all week by the search for a suspected Russian submarine in the Stockholm archipelago near the capital. The search was finally called off on October 24.
The Swedish submarine search reawoke memories of a similar search during the height of the Cold War in the 1980s, one that also failed to bring to the surface the alleged Russian culprit.
The scare further ratcheted up tension in the Baltic region. Also this week Estonia accused a Russian jet of intruding into its airspace on October 23, in what was said to be the most serious incident since the end of the Cold War.
"At eight o'clock on Friday morning the main part of the marine intelligence operation carried out in the archipelago since last Friday ended," See page 2
Hungary steps up battle with West bne
Hungary announced on October 23 that it is now ready to press criminal charges against the distributor of Norwegian NGO funds. The move is the latest in a series apparently designed to enrage the EU and US, in a bid to show that Budapest will follow its own path.Â
Budapest's government control office KEHI said in a statement to newswire MTI that its lengthy probe into the Norway-funded NGOs has revealed "irregularities" in 61 of 63 projects. KEHI announced it will now submit a criminal report against Okotars Foundation, which is See page 4