Prospect of Finland and Sweden joining @NATO was discussed this week in Brussels, confirms a senior @StateDept official
2 year agoForeign Minister @Haavisto confirms: NATO is ready to accept Finland's application According to Foreign Minister, NATO member states have submitted offers of security during the processing of the application for membership
Finland making preparations to apply for NATO membership - Iltalehti
PM of Estonia: My government confirmed today: we'll get free from Russian gas. This will be before the end of the year. We plan to: build an LNG reception capacity in Paldiski; increase reserves from alternative sources; cooperate with neighbours, to accept FSRU
Finland Minister of Economic Affairs: "We acquired a joint floating LNG carrier with Estonia. This was agreed between Finland and Estonia yesterday. In this way, we will secure the gas needs of industry if gas imports from Russia are cut off”
Finland adds $2.2 billion defense spending in shadow of war
Estonia will expel 14 of Russia's consular staff and close consular offices in Narva and Tartu, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Tuesday
Latvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs: we are closing two Russian consulates and expelling their staff
2 year agoSweden has decided to expel three Russian diplomats who did not work in accordance with the Vienna Convention, says Foreign Minister Ann Linde
Lithuanian ambassador to Ukraine to return to Kyiv - Lithuanian foreign minister
2 year agoLatvia will decrease level of diplomatic relations with the Russian Federation due to crimes committed by the Russian armed forces in Ukraine, @edgarsrinkevics said on Twitter
Lithuania expels Russian ambassador. The Lithuanian government is also closing the consulate in Klaipeda. Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that Lithuanian Ambassador will leave Russia
Lithuanian PM: From now and so on Lithuania won't be consuming a cubic cm of toxic Russian gas. Lithuania is the first EU country to refuse Russian gas import
Latvia's defense minister calls on Europe to stop importing oil and gas from Russia saying it's the only way to stop "Hitler-like" behavior from Putin. Artis Pabriks warns against any ceasefire agreement calling it a "Russian trap" in interview on Fox Business
NATO asks Denmark to send military battalion with 800 troops to Latvia - Danish defense ministry - Reuters
Sweden's TV4 is reporting that Russia deliberately violated Swedish airspace on March 2 when Swedish DefMin Hultqvist was visiting Gotland
Pentagon: 200 U.S. Marines have landed in Lithuania, 10 x USMC F-18 jet fighters also sent to region amid Russia tensions
Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned Ambassadors of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania to hand over decision to expel diplomats
Russian intelligence agents are attempting to recruit spies to provide information on Estonia's border and how easy it might be to penetrate
Roskomnadzor blocked the website of the online publication Delfi in Latvian on the territory of the Russian Federation by decision of the Kaliningrad court
Sweden will send another 5,000 anti-tank weapons to Ukraine, Minister of Defense tells national news agency TT
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda has called for the isolation of Russia and its ally Belarus "in all sectors and all international organisations" by tightening the existing sanctions imposed since Russia started a war against Ukraine
2 year agoUSAF B52´s out of RAF Fairford
Johnson: If we remain silent, Putin will attack Georgia and the Baltic states
MFA of Lithuania summoned Russia's Ambassador and handed him a diplomatic note, declaring four employees of the Russian Embassy as personae non gratae in Lithuania for activities incompatible with their diplomatic status
Estonia expels 3 Russian diplomats for 'undermining security, propaganda'
Latvian Foreign Ministry announces the expulsion of 3 employees of the Russian Embassy in coordination with Lithuania and Estonia
RFE/RL opens offices in Vilnius and Riga as war changes media landscape in Europe
A 20-year-old man has been arrested, suspected of aggravated arson, after the fire in two homes at the southern hospital area in Ängelholm, the police state
The Lithuanian government is considering lowering excise duty on fuel in a bid to bring down soaring gasoline and diesel prices, Deputy Finance Minister Gediminas Norkūnas said
