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Chinese cargo ship deliberately severed two critical data cables in Baltic Sea by dragging anchor for 100 miles while off radar in attack 'orchestrated by the Kremlin', report claims
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Chinese cargo ship deliberately severed two critical data cables in Baltic Sea by dragging anchor for 100 miles while off radar in attack 'orchestrated by the Kremlin', report claims

Daily Mail  

A Chinese cargo ship deliberately severed two critical data cables in the Baltic Sea by dragging an anchor across the sea floor over 110miles while off-radar in an attack orchestrated by the Kremlin, a new report has claimed. European investigators told the newspaper that the massive Yi Peng 3 bulk carrier - 225 meters long, 32 meters wide and loaded …

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Germany says sabotage behind cutting of telecoms cables in Baltic Sea
1 month ago

Germany says sabotage behind cutting of telecoms cables in Baltic Sea

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The damage of two undersea …

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Germany says ‘sabotage’ presumed in damaged Baltic Sea telecom cables
1 month ago

Germany says ‘sabotage’ presumed in damaged Baltic Sea telecom cables

Al Jazeera  

European nations say Russia is increasingly deploying ‘hybrid activities’ against NATO and the EU but haven’t blamed Moscow yet for recent incidents. Germany says it assumes that damage caused to two telecommunication cables in the Baltic Sea is an act of sabotage as European nations condemn the alleged Russian attacks on their “security architecture”. While Dutch Defence Minister Ruben Brekelmans …

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Jus sanguinis - or ‘blood right’ - might entitle you to EU citizenship
54 years, 11 months ago

Jus sanguinis - or ‘blood right’ - might entitle you to EU citizenship

CNN  

CNN — New York City author Lisa Wixon always knew she had a path to EU citizenship through her maternal great-grandfather, who arrived in the United States in 1906 from Rijeka in western Croatia. “Most EU countries will allow for citizenship through ancestry, but the exact eligibility requirements vary hugely country to country,” said Sophie Jo Wasson, private client supervisor …

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Officials say a troubled and delayed Baltic high-speed rail project still set for completion by 2030
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Officials say a troubled and delayed Baltic high-speed rail project still set for completion by 2030

The Independent  

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Officials say a troubled and delayed Baltic high-speed rail project still set for completion by 2030
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Officials say a troubled and delayed Baltic high-speed rail project still set for completion by 2030

Associated Press  

HELSINKI — Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania said Saturday they are committed to completing by the end of the decade a financially troubled and badly delayed high-speed rail project integrating the three Baltic countries with the continental European rail network. Set to link the Baltic capitals of Tallinn, Riga and Vilnius on a new track with passenger trains running at speeds …

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EXPLAINER: Why is natural gas still flowing from Russia to Europe across Ukraine?
4 months, 1 week ago

EXPLAINER: Why is natural gas still flowing from Russia to Europe across Ukraine?

Associated Press  

FRANKFURT, Germany — It’s one of the more improbable aspects of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine: Even after 2 1/2 years of war and repeated rounds of sanctions, Russian natural gas keeps flowing through Ukraine’s pipeline network to customers in Europe. That hasn’t changed despite Ukraine apparently taking control of a gas measuring station near the Russian town of Sudzha as …

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While many in the EU worry about far-right gains at the ballot box – those close to Russia crave security
6 months, 2 weeks ago

While many in the EU worry about far-right gains at the ballot box – those close to Russia crave security

The Independent  

Between now and Sunday evening, several hundred million people will vote in elections for the next EU parliament, in what is billed as the second-largest exercise in representative democracy in the world after elections in India. While the war in Ukraine has brought practical changes for all the countries on the EU’s northeastern flank – starting with the arrival of …

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Latvia starts criminal proceedings against an EU Parliament lawmaker suspected of spying for Russia
9 months, 1 week ago

Latvia starts criminal proceedings against an EU Parliament lawmaker suspected of spying for Russia

Associated Press  

HELSINKI — Latvia´s state security service has started criminal proceedings against an European Parliament lawmaker and a citizen of the Baltic country who is suspected of cooperating with Russian intelligence and security services, according to Latvian media reports Saturday. Latvian media outlets reported that the security service, known by the abbreviation VDD, has been investigating the activities of Tatjana Ždanoka, …

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Would Macron's call to arms pay off? Experts say a NATO force would defeat Putin's army in Ukraine but intervention would fail without US support...and could even trigger nuclear war
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Would Macron's call to arms pay off? Experts say a NATO force would defeat Putin's army in Ukraine but intervention would fail without US support...and could even trigger nuclear war

Daily Mail  

The EU was split this week after French president Emmanuel Macron said that sending Western ground troops into Ukraine should not be 'ruled out'. Ukrainian soldiers firing artillery at their fighting position as the Russia-Ukraine war continues in the direction of Bakhmut, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine on February 26, 2024 Although Ukraine's NATO allies have been supporting Volodymyr Zelensky's armed forces …

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Why is NATO’s Steadfast Defender 2024 military exercise significant? | Explained
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Why is NATO’s Steadfast Defender 2024 military exercise significant? | Explained

The Hindu  

The story so far: The North Atlantic Treaty Council started its largest military exercise in Europe — the Steadfast Defender 2024 — at the end of January, which is being seen as a statement of solidarity against Russia, after two years of its invasion of Ukraine. NATO’s Steadfast Defender 2024 is the largest exercise conducted by the alliance since the …

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Finland joins Baltic neighbors in banning Russian-registered cars from entering their territory
1 year, 3 months ago

Finland joins Baltic neighbors in banning Russian-registered cars from entering their territory

Associated Press  

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Finland on Friday joined the three Baltic countries in banning vehicles with Russian license plates from entering their territory, a joint move in line with a recent interpretation of the European Union’s sanctions against Moscow over its war on Ukraine. The Nordic EU member’s Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen said the ban would stop private cars from entering …

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Finland joins Baltic neighbors in banning Russian-registered cars from entering their territory
1 year, 3 months ago

Finland joins Baltic neighbors in banning Russian-registered cars from entering their territory

The Independent  

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Baltic states ban vehicles with Russian license plates in line with EU sanctions interpretation
1 year, 3 months ago

Baltic states ban vehicles with Russian license plates in line with EU sanctions interpretation

The Independent  

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Baltic states ban vehicles with Russian license plates in line with EU sanctions interpretation
1 year, 3 months ago

Baltic states ban vehicles with Russian license plates in line with EU sanctions interpretation

Associated Press  

HELSINKI — Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have banned vehicles with Russian license plates from entering their territory, a joint move in line with a recent interpretation of the European Union’s sanctions against Moscow over its war on Ukraine. Estonia’s interior ministry said the decision by the Baltic nations — which are all NATO members that border Russia — followed “the …

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Poland and Lithuania say they fear provocations from Russia and Belarus at NATO's eastern flank
1 year, 4 months ago

Poland and Lithuania say they fear provocations from Russia and Belarus at NATO's eastern flank

The Independent  

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Poland and Lithuania say they fear provocations from Russia and Belarus at NATO’s eastern flank
1 year, 4 months ago

Poland and Lithuania say they fear provocations from Russia and Belarus at NATO’s eastern flank

Associated Press  

WARSAW, Poland — Polish and Lithuanian leaders held an urgent meeting Thursday in a strategically sensitive area where their NATO nations border Belarus and the Russian territory of Kaliningrad, warning that they are bracing for provocations from Moscow and Minsk in the area. Both nations on NATO’s eastern flank have increased their border security following the arrival of thousands of …

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EU agriculture officials work on ways to move Ukrainian grain to the world
1 year, 5 months ago

EU agriculture officials work on ways to move Ukrainian grain to the world

Associated Press  

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The European Union will look at helping fund the costly transportation of grain out of Ukraine after Russia halted a deal that allowed Black Sea exports vital to global food security, a top agriculture official said Tuesday. The United Nations Security Council plans to meet Wednesday at Ukraine’s request to discuss Russia’s attacks on the Ukrainian …

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Russia oil discount to India shrinks to $4, delivery charges remain opaque
1 year, 5 months ago

Russia oil discount to India shrinks to $4, delivery charges remain opaque

India TV News  

The steep discounts on Russian crude oil that India gorged on since the Ukraine war, have plunged but the shipping rates charged by Russia-arranged entities continue to remain 'opaque' and higher than normal, sources said. The discounts could have been higher if state controlled units, who account for roughly 60 per cent of the 2 million barrels per day of …

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Baltics condemn China envoy’s stance on ex-Soviet nations
1 year, 8 months ago

Baltics condemn China envoy’s stance on ex-Soviet nations

Associated Press  

HELSINKI — The three Baltic states have strongly condemned comments by China’s envoy to France, who appeared to suggest in a recent French television interview that former Soviet republics aren’t sovereign nations. It was Khrushchev who gave Crimea to Ukraine in the era of the Soviet Union.” When the channel’s presenter noted that according to international law, Crimea is part …

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In Baltics, Poland, grassroots groups strive to help Ukraine
1 year, 10 months ago

In Baltics, Poland, grassroots groups strive to help Ukraine

Associated Press  

TALLINN, Estonia — In a dusty workshop in northern Lithuania, a dozen men are transforming hundreds of wheel rims into potbelly stoves to warm Ukrainians huddled in trenches and bomb shelters. Since Russia invaded Ukraine last February, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia — three states on NATO’s eastern flank scarred by decades of Soviet-era occupation — have been among the top …

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Amid the war in Ukraine, Eastern Europe is growing stronger
1 year, 11 months ago

Amid the war in Ukraine, Eastern Europe is growing stronger

Al Jazeera  

As 2022 is coming to a close, the war in Ukraine rages unabated. Germany’s cautious approach, banking on the notion that dense commercial links would create commonality of interest with Moscow, prevailed and was embraced by other major Western European powers, including France. That was the case even after Russia’s annexation of Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula and the first stage in …

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Germany upbeat on energy security; Baltics count on wind
2 years, 3 months ago

Germany upbeat on energy security; Baltics count on wind

Associated Press  

BERLIN — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz insisted Tuesday that his country was well-prepared to tackle a possible energy shortage due to Russia’s squeeze on European gas supplies, as fears grow about the rising prices that will hit consumers across the continent this winter. Russia’s state-controlled energy company Gazprom further reduced gas deliveries to the French company Engie, raising fears that …

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Kaliningrad proposes ban on movement of goods from Baltic states
2 years, 5 months ago

Kaliningrad proposes ban on movement of goods from Baltic states

Al Jazeera  

Kaliningrad’s governor says the move would act as a response to the ‘blockade’ by Lithuania. The governor of Russia’s Kaliningrad region has proposed a total ban on the movement of goods between Russia and the Baltic states in response to what authorities in the exclave have called a “blockade” by Lithuania. “As a reciprocal measure, we propose to completely prohibit …

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