Following the recent hybrid attacks, Meit Fohlin, the regional government chief, said she meets “every week” with the coast guard, police, firefighters, army, hospital, water and energy operators to map out responses to every possible scenario — ranging from energy shortages to supply blockades to an armed attack on the local harbor. “We have to … Read more
NATO scrambled two Eurofighter jets over the Baltic Sea on Sept. 21 after a Russian reconnaissance aircraft was detected flying without a filed flight plan, the German Delegation to NATO reported. The aircraft, an Il-20M, departed from Russia and entered international airspace without establishing communication, making visual identification the only way to confirm its presence. … Read more
The quartet bordering Russia proposes withdrawing from the Ottawa treaty, but add they have no plans to use landmines. Poland and the Baltic states plan to withdraw from an international convention banning the use of landmines, citing potential military threats from neighbouring Russia. The defence ministers of Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia said in a … Read more
HARPSUND, Sweden (AP) — Sweden has formally asked China to cooperate in explaining the recent rupture of two data cables on the Baltic Sea bed in an area where a China-flagged vessel had been sighted, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said Thursday. The two cables, one running from Finland to Germany and the other from Lithuania … Read more