The Swedish military says a Russian reconnaissance plane escorted by two Russian fighter jets briefly violated Sweden's air space on the country's Baltic Sea coast.
Lithuania's and Ukraine's Presidents met in Davos, discussed challenges related to Russia's interference in the electoral processes in Ukraine and Lithuania and ways to counteract existing threats.
10 month agoA Finnish Air Force F/A-18 on QRA was scrambled to intercept two Russian Air Force Suhoi SU-27 fighters in international airspace above the Gulf of Finland on Thursday 24th January at around 11:30 am. The airspace of Finland was not violated.
10 month agoStanding NATO Maritime Group One (SNMG1) flagship USS Gravely conducting small boat operations in the Baltic Sea this week.
Russian Navy has sent two Steregushchiy class corvettes to shadow the @USNavy Destroyers that entered the Baltic Sea.
Explosion at Polyplast chemical plant in Leningrad region of Russia
10 month agoRIA says 2 injured, "a barrel with fuel" exploded
In Ukraine, the government allocated $143 million for the construction of the Go Highway transport corridor which would connect Ukrainian Black Sea ports with Poland's ports on the Baltic Sea
10 month agoDue to harsh weather conditions MFAs of Estonia, Lithuania, Poland, Latvia and Ukraine canceled planned visit to Mariupol, but visited Mechnikova hospital in Dnipro city
Lithuania MFA Linas Linkevicius: Arrived in Kyiv. Heading to Mariupol with @PavloKlimkin, J. Czaputowicz, @edgarsrinkevics and @svenmikser tomorrow to eye-witness situation on the ground as Russia continues de facto blockade of KerchStrait, also to discuss our practical support to Ukraine at this critical time.
10 month agoUnidentified drones buzzing over Swedish military operations in Uppland sharply increased in 2018. C&C&EW regiment based there.
10 month agoYesterday, in Riga, Latvia, ~200 people, mostly ethnic Russia ns, took part in a protest march against the education reform and in support of the Russian-language school education
Russian Baltic Sea Fleet got 30 new T-72B tanks
10 month agoFinnish Army acquiring new counter-battery radars from ELTA Systems.
In a landmark ruling, top court says Lithuania must recognize foreign same-sex marriages
Lithuania has a contract with Russian gas giant Gazptom on gas transit to Kaliningrad until 2025 and it has not been breached, Energy Minister Zygimantas Vaiciunas says
Lukashenko proposed to import oil not from Russia but from ports in Baltic states, possible to create joint ventures
10 month agoFM @LinkeviciusL greeted FM @PavloKlimkin in Lithuania MFA.
The foreign ministers of Estonia Latvia Lithuania Poland and Sweden will visit Mariupol on 14-15 January.
10 month agoRAF E3 AWACS ZH101 NATO30
Orbiting at 33,000ft over Poland
10 month agoPutin on the beginning of deliveries of liquefied gas to Kaliningrad: The value of the terminal for energy security and the energy base of the region can not be overestimated. For the Kaliningrad region, these are reserve capacities that minimize and, more precisely, reduce all transit risks to nothing.
10 month agoGazprom chief: natural gas supply through pipeline Minsk-Vilnus-Kaunas-Kaliningrad is completely stopped
"The trial of six Uzbek and Kyrgyz nationals accused of financing terrorism got under way in Stockholm on Monday, with three of them also charged with planning a terror attack."
10 month agoPutin in Kaliningrad region launched LNG platform to supply region independently from Lithuania
Lithuania State Defence Council says Russian cyber attacks "likely" when Lithuania elects new president later this year
Explosive charge detonated early this morning at protected electricity switchgear station in Bromma municipality of Stockholm, Sweden.
Suspected case of Ebola in hospital in Enköping in Sweden. Patient is held in isolation at Uppsala hospital. Results of test expected tonight.
10 month agoPolish F-16s take over policing the skies over the Baltic States
10 month agoBelgian F-16s back home after mission in Lithuania
Six people were killed in a train accident in Denmark
