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Swedish 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

Two 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

‘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

Syria'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

Estonia 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

Finnish 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."

After 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

Estonian 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

Following 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

რუსეთის ფედერაცია შეშფოთებულია გრენლანდიის შეერთებულ შტატებში შესაძლო შეყვანის შესახებ განცხადების გამო; მნიშვნელოვანია, რომ თავიდან იქნას აცილებული საერთაშორისო სამართლის დარღვევა, - განაცხადა რუსეთის ფედერაციის ფედერაციის საბჭოს სპიკერმა ვალენტინა მატვიენკომ.

A 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

Donald 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