On the quiet holiday island Ottilia Soderstrom calls home, the idea of war feels a world away. Yet, suddenly, there's talk of army and artillery right on her doorstep. She's lived on Gotland, Sweden's ...

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden's government said on Friday it had put aside up to 1.6 billion Swedish crowns ($163 million) to strengthen its military infrastructure on the strategically important ...

TOFTA, Gotland, SWEDEN (Reuters) -The Swedish island of Gotland holds the key to control of the Baltic Sea, according to Swedish and Polish officers taking part in military exercises this week aimed ...

Sweden has interpreted Russian naval exercises in the Black Sea as a regional threat. As well as being a tourist destination Gotland is strategically important and is often referred to as being Sweden ...

Visby (Sweden) (AFP) – "You never know": like many other Swedes on the island of Gotland, Emelie Cedeskog has stocked up on canned foods and checked where the nearest air raid shelter is. In a country ...

We're going to hear now about a picturesque Swedish island in the Baltic Sea - Gotland. For military experts, Gotland is an essential strategic spot. NPR's Ari Shapiro explains this island is at the ...

Sweden has sent hundreds of troops to reinforce a crucial island in the Baltic Sea as its defence minister warned that the Scandinavian country should not be naive and could be attacked. An emergency ...

Suspicious of Moscow's territorial ambitions, Sweden is preparing for worst-case scenarios. Teri Schultz visits the island of Gotland that's being remilitarized to protect the region key to Baltic Sea ...

VISBY, Sweden - The crack of gunshots splits the silence in a sleepy forest as Camilla Selander, a deli-counter worker, squeezes off shots from her Glock 9 millimetre pistol during target practice ...

Sweden's Supreme Commander Micael Bydén revealed the news at a press conference on Monday. Photo: Henrik Montgomery/TT Sweden has deployed a new air defence missile system on the island of Gotland, ...

In a country long marked by a "fear of Russians", many of the island's 60,000 residents have had concerns reignited by tensions between the West and Moscow. "We're a bit worried, we can't really know ...