Snapshot: Sunset over Jurmala Beach on Latvia’s Baltic Sea shore
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Finland finds drag marks on Baltic seabed after cable damage
Oslo, Norway Reuters Finnish police said on Sunday they had found tracks that drag on for dozens of kilometres along the bottom of the Baltic Sea where a tanker carrying Russian oil is suspected of breaking a power line and four telecoms cables with its anchor. The Cook Islands-registered Eagle S was boarded by Finnish […]
NATO to boost Baltic Sea presence after cables broken
Helsinki, Finland Reuters NATO said on Friday it would boost its presence in the Baltic Sea after the suspected sabotage this week of an undersea power cable and four internet cables, while alliance member Estonia launched a naval operation to guard a parallel electricity link. Finland on Thursday seized a ship carrying Russian oil on […]
As sabotage allegations swirl, NATO struggles to secure Baltic Sea
Turku, Finland Reuters On 18th November, hours after two communication cables were severed in the Baltic Sea, 30 NATO vessels and 4,000 military staff took to the same body of water for one of northern Europe’s largest naval exercises. The 12-day ‘Freezing Winds’ drill was part of a push to step up the transatlantic defence […]
Sweden clears final hurdle to join NATO as Hungary approves accession
Budapest, Hungary/Stockholm, Sweden Reuters Hungary’s parliament approved Sweden’s NATO accession on Monday, clearing the last hurdle before the historic step by the Nordic country whose neutrality lasted through two world wars and the simmering conflict of the Cold War. Hungary’s vote ended months of delays to complete Sweden’s security policy shift and followed a visit […]
Wow!: In Baltic Sea, citizen divers restore seagrass to fight climate change
LISI NIESNER and SARAH MARSH, of Reuters, report on how a new project is training local citizens to restore seagrass meadows in the Baltic Sea…
Tiny Baltic island finds itself ‘a pawn’ in Nord Stream gas drama
Christiansö in the Baltic Sea, Denmark Reuters Inhabitants of the tiny island of Christiansö in the Baltic Sea found themselves in the glare of global media attention this week after reports alleging a boat moored off the rocky outcrop was used to blow up the Nord Stream gas pipelines. “Practically the entire world called me […]
Archaeologists find well-preserved 500-year-old spices on Baltic shipwreck
Lund, Sweden Reuters Archaeologists say they have uncovered a “unique” cache of well-preserved spices, from strands of saffron to peppercorns and ginger, on the wreck of a royal ship that sunk off Sweden’s Baltic coast more than 500 years ago. The wreck of the Gribshund, owned by King Hans of Denmark and Norway, has lain […]
Distant rumble of Ukraine war disturbs calm of Baltic islands
Mariehamn, Finland Reuters The fighting may be more than 2,000 kilometres away across sea and land, but on their remote, rocky outcrop off the southern coast of Finland, the inhabitants of Aland fear the Russian invasion of Ukraine could change their lives for good. The war has turned decades of European security policy on its […]