An undersea data cable between Latvia and Sweden was damaged early on January 26, the latest in a series of similar incidents in the Baltic Sea in which critical seabed energy and communications lines are believed to have been severed by ships traveling to or from Russian ports.

RIGA - A weak Russia is the best security guarantee for the entire Euro-Atlantic space, Foreign Minister Baiba Braze (New Unity) said at a meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council on Monday.

Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen has called for more decisive action against Russia's "shadow fleet" following another incident in which a submarine cable in the Baltic Sea was damaged. "The shadow fleet is the main issue and the main problem we are dealing with,

RIGA, Latvia (AP) — Latvian Prime Minister Evika Siliņa said Sunday that her government has reached out to Sweden and other Baltic Sea allies in NATO for assistance as it investigates the cause of damage to an underwater data cable running to Sweden.

Volodymyr Zelensky welcomed Trump’s return as president, saying Ukraine looks forward to working with him. Russia’s casualties mounted to a record high of 434,000 in 2024, with 150,000 deaths, Ukraine’s commander in chief of the armed forces said. The toll is higher than the previous two years combined, he said.

About 1,500 Russians are now in exile, trying to start a fresh life while reporting on events in their homeland

TALLINN - According to the Finnish publication Uutissuomalainen, a bus company traveling from Tallinn and Riga to Russia is smuggling goods subject to sanctions through the Luhamaa border crossing point, the Estonian daily Postimees writes.

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Latvia borders Russia to its east and Russia ally Belarus to its southeast ... The battalion is stationed outside the town of Adazi, near Riga. Swedish soldiers disembarked in the port of Riga, Latvia, Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025, to join a Canadian-led ...

Lt. Gen. Kyrylo Budanov said North Korea has already provided Russia with 120 self-propelled artillery guns and 120 multiple-launch rocket systems, with more to come.

RIGA: Latvia said it had dispatched a warship on Sunday after damage to a fibre optic cable to Sweden that may

RIGA — Sweden on Sunday said it had seized a ship suspected of having damaged a fiber-optic cable under the Baltic Sea linking the country to Latvia, which sent a warship to investigate the latest apparent act of sabotage.