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Baltic Cable Cut, Trump's NATO Ambassador, Republican Voter Turnout European officials investigate whether severed Baltic internet cables were an act of Russian sabotage, raising fears about the vulnerability of critical infrastructure. President-elect Trump names Matthew Whitaker, a loyalist with no foreign policy experience, as U.S. ambassador to NATO. And, with historic voter turnout helping Donald Trump secure a sweeping victory, …

BERLIN — Germany’s defense minister said Tuesday officials have to assume damage to two data cables under the Baltic Sea, one of which ends in Germany, was caused by sabotage — though he said they have no proof at present. Speaking in Brussels, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said that Russia poses not just a military but also a hybrid …

On 18th November, officials and companies revealed that two undersea fibre-optic communications cables in the Baltic Sea were severed, including a critical link between Germany and Finland. Joint response from Finland and Germany In a joint statement, Finland and Germany expressed their “deep concern” over the incident and announced investigations into what they described as an event raising “immediate suspicions …

Baltic Sea internet cables cut: European officials cry sabotage

CNN — European officials are looking toward Russia after two submarine internet cables in the Baltic Sea were suddenly disrupted in an apparent sabotage operation, just weeks after the United States warned that Moscow was likely to target critical undersea infrastructure. His comments came after the foreign ministers of Finland and Germany said in a joint statement on Monday evening …

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

TALLINN, Estonia — Estonia’s prime minister has been put on a wanted list in Russia because of her efforts to remove Soviet-era World War II monuments in the Baltic nation, officials said Tuesday as tensions between Russia and the West soar amid the war in Ukraine. “Estonia and I remain steadfast in our policy: supporting Ukraine, bolstering European defense, and …

Russia puts Estonia PM, Baltic officials on wanted list for destroying Soviet-era monuments

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

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 …

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Danish officials on Tuesday confirmed that there has been “extensive damage” to the Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea off Denmark and that the cause of the damage was “powerful explosions.” In a statement, the Copenhagen Police said it had carried out a number of preliminary investigations of what it called “the …

Almost as soon as the Ukraine war broke out, Finland, which shares a border with Russia, embraced the Western military alliance. Between November 2021 and February 24, the day Russia invaded Ukraine, Moscow was pushing for “security guarantees” while demanding an end to NATO enlargement, which upset Finnish officials. Perhaps … the Baltic states could be ‘on the menu,’ maybe …

News from May 23: Prosecutor general says officials are probing more than 13,000 cases of alleged war crimes committed by Russian forces. 23 May 2022 - 10:24 GMT Russia using ‘scorched earth’ tactics in Donbas, Ukraine says Heavy fighting between Ukrainian and Russian forces has continued in eastern Ukraine’s Donbas region as Moscow’s troops pressed on with their advance on …

The foreign minister’s comments come as his counterparts from the Baltic nations visit Kyiv in a show of solidarity. Addressing a news conference on Thursday, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba condemned the Kremlin’s “aggravation of the security situation” and accused Russian pundits and officials of “openly threatening Ukraine with war and the destruction of Ukrainian statehood”. Kuleba also warned Moscow …