German Defense Minister: Russia Shows Increased Presence in Baltic Sea
Finnish Police is not investigating cable cut as possible sabotage. One cable cut was an accident, made by an excavator, details on the other aren't known yet
Finland said it was investigating the causes of two separate breaches of land-based fiber-optic cables in the Nordic country, the latest in a series of telecoms infrastructure outages to affect the Baltic Sea region
Gabrielius Landsbergis, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania announced on December 1, that three Baltic states – Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania “jointly agreed to impose national sanctions against those who suppressed legitimate protests in Georgia.”
2 week agoSwedish authorities have reason to suspect that the Chinese ship Yi Peng 3 deliberately dragged its anchor on the seabed for kilometers in order to damage the submarine cables between Finland and Germany and Sweden and Lithuania
A DHL cargo plane flying from Germany to Lithuania crashed early Monday near the airport of the capital Vilnius killing one person, firefighters said
DHL cargo plane crashes in Lithuania, killing 1, local officials say
2 week agoA Swiftair 737-400 operated for DHL crashed in a residential area short of the runway while attempting to land in Vilnius this morning at approximately 03:30 UTC
2 week agoThere was a plane crash near Vilnius. The plane belonging to the DHL company crashed into a two-story residential building on Žirnių Street in the capital of Lithuania and caught fire. Initial information indicates that there were four people on board: two pilots and two employees of the company.
DHL cargo plane crashes near Vilnius airport
3 week agoYi Peng 3 is being detained in Danish waters by the looks of it
3 week agoSweden opens probe into suspected sabotage of Baltic Sea cables: prosecutors
3 week ago3 Danish navy ships are converging on the Chinese vessel suspect of cutting communication cables right now
Germany, Finland 'deeply concerned' about severed undersea telecom cable: joint statement
Following Finnish media reports that an unexplained failure of an undersea telecommunications cable has disrupted communication services between Finland and Germany, Telia says that the communications cable between Lithuania and Sweden was also damaged
3 week agoFinnish state company Cinia has held a presser on issue with the CLion1 Helsinki to Rostock cable. Hypothesis is that it is completely cut close to Öland, and that this is the result of external forces (though no particular indication of sabotage)
New EU foreign policy chief Kallas says in her EP hearing that there are two urgent EU foreign policy priorities: Russia's war against Ukraine and Middle East
Russia is behind explosive parcels sent from Lithuania to European countries, a Lithuanian presidential adviser said on Tuesday, amid alarm amongst NATO countries that sabotage organised by Moscow nearly caused an air disaster. Western governments and intelligence agencies in Europe have previously pointed to Moscow as being the source of a series of fires and acts of sabotage in Europe aimed at destabilising allies of Ukraine
Swedish police said that they were investigating a shooting near an Israeli target in the city of Gothenburg, which the national broadcaster said was a unit of Israeli defence contractor Elbit Systems. There were no reports of injuries and a young suspect was apprehended at the scene. He is suspected with an attempted murder and serious weapons crime
2 month agoLithuania has fortified another bridge over the Nemunas River on the route from the Kaliningrad. Fortifications are progressing as planned, with some bridges set to be demolished. Fortifications will be supported by firepower, in case it’s needed, to stop and destroy the enemy
Article 5 of the NATO Treaty will not help those small countries of the alliance that threaten Russia, said Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Medvedev
The West is trying to make transit to the Kaliningrad region from other regions of Russia as difficult as possible in order to isolate the enclave, says Putin aide Nikolai Patrushev
Finnish Defense Minister: NATO to create new land command in eastern Finland
Harris: If we allow aggressors to seize territory with impunity, Putin may turn his sights to Poland and the Baltics
Norway: Radioactivity of unknown origin measured in the period from September 9th to 12th in the borderland. Levels are very low and poses no risk to humans or the environment. The radioactivity was measured in filters at Viksjøfjell and Svanhovd in the second week of September
Sweden and Finland have agreed that Sweden will be the frame work nation for the NATO Forward Land Forces construct in northern Finland. In practice: HQ staff will be permanent, forces will flow in if needed. Makes sense from a military and security policy perspectives
2 month agoThe "Article Law on the Turning Point" and the additional agreement with Lithuania are "extremely important steps" on the path of the Lithuania Brigade, said Defense Minister Boris Pistorius. It allows soldiers to serve more flexibly and improves the framework conditions. @BMVg_Bundeswehr
3 month agoPresident of Lithuania Gitanas Nauseda, Prime Minister of Latvia Evika Silinia and head of the Senate of the Czech Republic Miloš Vystrchyl came to Ukraine. The Summit of the Crimean Platform will be held in Kyiv today.
A Russian drone crashed in eastern Latvia on Saturday, 7 September, reports the LETA news agency, citing the Latvian Ministry of Defence. The drone, which crashed on Latvian territory, was filled with explosives
Lithuanian Foreign Minister: Incidents unthinkable 3 yrs ago are now treated as routine. Nothing should be landing on Ukraine, or Latvia, or anywhere on NATO territory, but this is the new reality our inaction has allowed to emerge. Lithuania will of course be supporting a strong allied response
