Baltic States

Estonian Prime Minister Kristen Michal, Finnish President Alexander Stubb and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte attend a joint press conference at the summit of the Baltic Sea NATO countries, at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland January 14, 2025. Photo: Lehtikuva/Antti Aimo-Koivisto via REUTERS
Europe

NATO to deploy ships, aircraft in Baltic Sea after cable breaches

The military and political alliance is taking the action, dubbed "Baltic Sentry", following a string of incidents in which power cables, telecom links and gas pipelines have been damaged...

FILE PHOTO: A man wearing a camouflage uniform walks out of PMC Wagner Centre, which is a project implemented by the businessman and founder of the Wagner private military group Yevgeny Prigozhin, during the official opening of the office block in Saint Petersburg, Russia, 4 November, 2022. REUTERS/Igor Russak
Europe

Baltic states call for Nato to increase security with Wagner in Belarus

FILE PHOTO: Chinese Ambassador in France Lu Shaye attends the MEDEF union summer forum renamed La Rencontre des Entrepreneurs de France, LaREF, at the Paris Longchamp Racecourse in Paris, France, August 29, 2019. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
World+Biz

France, Baltic states dismayed after China envoy questions Ukraine sovereignty

NATO, Swedish and Finnish flags are seen in this illustration taken May 12, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
World+Biz

Russian threat to Baltic security rising -Estonian intelligence report

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova gestures during the annual news conference of Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow, Russia January 18, 2023. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov
World+Biz

NATO's Baltic States, Russia remove ambassadors as diplomatic relations downgraded