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
1 viikko sittenSyria'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
2 viikko sittenEstonia 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
2 viikko sittenFinnish 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."
2 viikko sittenAfter talks in Helsinki, NATO chief Mark Rutte announces the launch of "Baltic Sentry", a new alliance initiative under the command of SACEUR Cavoli to increase surveillance and controls on ships traveling through NATO and international waters
2 viikko sittenEstonian Prime Minister @KristenMichalPM says Estonian officials have been regularly boarding ships passing through their waters to see if they're carrying proper insurance. He says many of are ticking environmental bombs
2 viikko sittenFollowing a meeting among Baltic Sea leaders and NATO chief Rutte, Finnish President @alexstubb lists a number of results, including more ships in a NATO patrol and a primer for other countries on how Helsinki navigated the December seizure of the Eagle S so others may follow
Venäjän federaatio on huolissaan lausunnosta Grönlannin mahdollisesta liittämisestä Yhdysvaltoihin; on tärkeää estää kansainvälisen oikeuden loukkaukset, Venäjän federaation liittoneuvoston puhemies Valentina Matvijenko
2 viikko sittenA Panama-flagged oil tanker, the “Eventin,” became disabled north of Rügen island in the Baltic Sea, carrying 99,000 tons of oil. No environmental threat or danger to the crew. It was en route from Ust-Luga (Russia) to Port Said (Egypt). Tow operation underway
The Panamanian-flagged oil tanker "Eventin" (274m long and 48m wide) has gotten immobile off the Baltic Sea island of Rügen (Germany). The ship carries 99,000 tonnes of oil. According to Greenpeace, it is part of Russia's Shadow Fleet
Blinken is Paris: "The idea about Greenland is not a good one, but it's not going to happen, so we shouldn't waste time talking about it"
France says the EU will not let other nations attack its sovereign borders in response to Trump comments on Greenland
3 viikko sittenDonald Trump: "We need Greenland for national security. People really don't even know if Denmark has any legal right, but if they do, they should give it up, because we need it for national security. I'm talking about protecting the free world."
Trump says the Gulf of Mexico will be renamed as the Gulf of America, refused to say he will not use military force to take control over Greenland or Panama Canal
Greenland has made it clear that it is not for sale, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said today, in response to US President-elect Donald Trump’s fixation with buying the massive Arctic island
Danish PM: Greenland belongs to its people
1 kuukausi sittenFinnish Police confiscates the Eagle S tanker and it is currently being moved to Kilpilahti oil harbor in Porvoo with the help of tugs. Transfer operation has started on Saturday around 10:50 am
1 kuukausi sittenRussian-linked tanker 'Eagle S' suspected of cutting undersea energy cables between NATO members Finland and Estonia now also suspected of: a) carrying sanction busting Russian oil ('Shadow Fleet') and b) being used as a covert intelligence ship
Mark Rutte: Puhui @alexstubbin kanssa meneillään olevasta Suomen johtamasta tutkimuksesta mahdollisesta merenalaisten kaapelien sabotoinnista. Ilmaisin täyden solidaarisuuteni ja tukeni. Nato vahvistaa sotilaallista läsnäoloaan Itämerellä
Finnish authorities said Thursday that they were investigating an oil tanker that sailed from a Russian port for the "sabotage" of a power cable linking Finland and Estonia that was damaged the previous day
1 kuukausi sittenFinnish Police Readiness Unit and BG SOF boarded the ship suspected to be responsible for cutting the cable between Finland and Estonia last night. Investigation is on going
1 kuukausi sittenAlexander Stubb: Sain katsauksen Suomenlahden kaapelirikkoon poliisiylijohtaja Ilkka Koskimäeltä, Keskusrikospoliisin päällikkö Robin Lardotilta ja Rajavartiolaitoksen apulaispäällikkö Markku Hassiselta. Viranomaisemme ovat selvittäneet tapahtumia yhteistyössä tehokkaasti. nnSeurasimme tilannetta eilisen aikana tiiviisti PMI @PetteriOrpo kanssa. Venäjän varjolaivastoon kuuluvien alusten aiheuttamat riskit on pystyttävä torjumaan
