Withdrawal from 1987 pact with Russia would see a new generation of lethal weapons developed and deployed in Europe, says

Swedish prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt insisted his government would play no role in deciding whether WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange should be extradited to the US.

Russia today denied it illegally annexed the Baltic nations in 1940, rejecting demands from the three former Soviet republics that it admit having illegally occupied them during the Second World War.

Day in and out, Frantisek Danihel steers his ferry back and forth over the slow-moving Morava River, linking what were two separate worlds only a year ago - the European Union and its aspiring members.