NATO is trying to blockade Russia in the Baltic Sea and paralyze the work of ports in the Leningrad and Kaliningrad regions, said Russian presidential aide and Chairman of the Russian Maritime Collegium Nikolai Patrushev.
Greenland's prime minister has proposed a general election on March 11, with independence and U.S. relations a top issue
Police: At least 10 people killed in school shooting, including suspect. Number of injured not yet clear. Motive unknown but no indication of terrorism.
At least 5 people shot at school in Örebro, Sweden - police
Greenland: Danish and British heads of government meet in London
Latvia-Gotland cable break: Sweden releases Vezhen ship – no sabotage, investigation shows(SVT)
1 week ago"What President Trump will do about Greenland is very important to our national security." US Vice President J.D. Vance says that Denmark, which controls Greenland, is not doing its job and is not acting as a good ally for Washington regarding the sea lanes used by the Chinese and Russians
Norway police stop ship with Russian crew in connection with Latvia-Sweden cable damage
Sweden Donates $1.2 billion Aid Package to Ukraine
1 week agoSwedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said that a foreign power was behind the killing of Iraqi refugee Salwan Momika, at a time when he was supposed to appear before the judiciary over the controversy he caused in 2023 when he burned copies of the Qur'an, which caused a wave of protests and condemnations in many Islamic countries around the world.
"He wants to buy it. He wants to pay for it. This is not a joke. This is not about acquiring land for the purpose of acquiring land, this is in our national interest." Secretary of State @marcorubio on Greenland
1 week agoSwedish authorities find Silwan Momika, the Quran burner, dead in his home with a gunshot wound
New opinion poll shows 85% of Greenlanders do not want to join US
2 week agoTwo Russian Tu-160 bombers carried out a scheduled flight over the neutral waters of the Arctic Ocean, Russian Defense Ministry reported
France has discussed with Denmark sending troops to Greenland in response to United States President Donald Trump's repeated threats to annex the Danish territory, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said
2 week ago‘We must listen to the US president, but not take every word literally’ - Kaja Kallas. EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas held a press conference in Brussels on Monday, January 27, following the Foreign Affairs Council meeting, and stated that the EU must engage with the US using the same transactional approach while maintaining a strong negotiating position. She also clarified that the EU is not negotiating on Greenland, reaffirming support for Denmark and its autonomous region
Kallas pushed to answer more directly: "We are not negotiating on Greenland. Of course. We are supporting our member state, Denmark and its autonomous region, Greenland, but we shouldn't also go into speculation about what ifs, because this is not the situation right now."
Kallas on Trump's threat to Greenland said: “As the US shifts to a more transactional approach, Europe needs to close ranks. our adversaries are cooperating very closely. So should we."
A ship has been seized after the cable break between Gotland and Latvia. The Coast Guard is on site at a Malta-registered ship outside Karlskrona
Swedish PM: There is information suggesting that at least one data cable between Sweden and Latvia has been damaged in the Baltic Sea. The cable is owned by a Latvian entity. I have been in close contact with my Latvian counterpart, Prime Minister Evika Siliņa, during the day. Sweden, Latvia and NATO are closely cooperating on the matter. Sweden will contribute with relevant capabilities to the effort to investigate the suspected incident.
Trump: We may be a very substantially enlarged country in the not too distant— Isn't it nice to see - for years, decades, we’re the same size to the square-foot, probably got smaller actually but we might be an enlarged country pretty soon
Donald Trump repeated his demand to be given control of Greenland in a “horrendous” phone call with the prime minister of Denmark
Greenland PM: We don't want to be Americans
Swedish prosecutors requested the detention of a Swedish man on suspicion of terrorism crimes over the ISIS killing of a Jordanian Air Force pilot, Mouath al-Kasaesbeh, in Syria a decade ago, they said on Monday
Hundreds of Swedish forces arrive in Latvia in largest deployment with NATO to date
3 week agoSyria's de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa and Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shaibani received a Norwegian delegation led by Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide in Damascus: SANA
4 week agoEstonia and the other Baltic States believe Russia is likely trying to test/punish them for their decision to completely decouple from the Russian energy grid in February. Estonian PM @KristenMichalPM says nothing can deter this. "Russia is not a reliable partner," he says
4 week agoFinnish Pres @alexstubb says no malign actor wanna-be should have any doubt: "Finns will act." The seizure of the Eagle S shadow-fleet tanker will now "be a benchmark we should follow", says Estonian PM @KristenMichalPM following talks of Baltic Sea leaders
Rutte says stepped-up action in the Baltic Sea "cannot wait for some summit" (like that in his home country in June). He says NATO will get "Baltic Sentry" up and running in the next couple of months
Rutte says the "alliance will not accept" these kind of hybrid attacks any more. "We will fight back," he emphasizes. "When it comes to kinetic warfare we are safe," he says, "but my biggest fear is that in 4 or 5 years we are not."
