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Chairs of Nordic and Baltic parliament committees meet in Sweden

2019-10-14
LETA/BNS/TBT Staff

TALLINN - Chairpersons of the foreign affairs committees of the Nordic and Baltic states' (NB8) parliaments are taking part in a meeting in the Swedish capital Stockholm on Sunday and Monday. Their discussions are focusing on Brexit, the European Union&#...

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