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07.07 / 23:07

European Union Ukraine war: Five key developments you need to know from Thursday

1. Russia pausing offensive ahead of renewed assault

08.02 / 16:03

markets Digital security Strategy Election PAM country Baltic nations cut Russian power ties: How will this transform their energy future and EU integration?

06.02 / 09:07

UPS Action Continental President country reports Baltic nations count final hours to ending electricity ties to Russia

Nearly 3 1/2 decades after leaving the Soviet Union, the Baltic countries of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania this weekend will flip a switch to end electricity-grid connections to neighboring Russia and Belarus

23.09 / 23:17

MET President Northrop War country Lithuania signs a deal with a US defense company on ammo production

Lithuania has signed a deal with U.S. ammunition producer Northrop Grumman as it seeks to increase defense capabilities in the shadow of Russia’s war in Ukraine

07.09 / 21:36

COST UPS Continental track country Officials say a troubled and delayed Baltic high-speed rail project still set for completion by 2030

Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania say they are committed to completing by the end of the decade a financially troubled and badly delayed high-speed rail project integrating the three Baltic countries with the continental European rail network

17.06 / 11:37

UPS Aviat Airlines War Investigations diving Divers find remains of Finnish WWII plane that was shot down by Moscow

The World War II mystery of what happened to a Finnish passenger plane after it was shot down over the Baltic Sea by Soviet bombers appears to finally be solved more than eight decades later

14.05 / 01:05

UPS security Election War Battlefield Lithuanians vote in a presidential election as anxieties rise over Russia and the war in Ukraine

Lithuanians have voted in a presidential election at a time when Russian gains on the battlefield in Ukraine are fueling greater fears about Moscow’s intentions

11.05 / 00:22

security Election President Universities War Battlefield Lithuania holds a presidential vote as anxieties rise in the Baltics over Russia and war in Ukraine

Lithuania is holding a presidential election on Sunday at a time when Russian gains on the battlefield in Ukraine are fueling greater fears across all of Europe about Moscow's intentions

25.03 / 09:15

security Bill track country 2020 Department Washington approves $228 million in US military aid to the three Baltic states, Estonia says

Estonia's defense officials say the U.S. Congress has passed a bill that involves a total of $228 million in military and defense aid to Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania this year under the Baltic Security Initiative

27.02 / 23:13

Citizens security War country prevention International Latvia extends an entry ban on Russian tourists until March 2025 citing Moscow's war in Ukraine

Latvia’s government has extended restrictions on the entry of Russian citizens into the Baltic country until next year

14.02 / 01:53

security economy War country reports rights Russia preparing for military confrontation with West, says Estonia

Russia is preparing for a military confrontation with the West within the next decade and could be deterred by a counter build-up of armed forces, Estonia's Foreign Intelligence Service said on Tuesday. A growing number of Western officials have warned of a military threat from Russia to countries along the eastern flank of Nato, calling for Europe to get prepared by rearming. The chief of the intelligence service said the assessment was based on Russian plans to double the number of forces stationed along its border with Nato members Finland and the Baltic States of Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia.

11.02 / 05:25

UPS FIVE Southern information testing Fearing Russia, the Baltic states improve their defences

ramp up arms production. Baltic leaders have emphasised that even small Russian advances could be existentially threatening to their states. “It cannot be ruled out that within a three to five year period, Russia will test Article 5 and NATO’s solidarity," warned Troels Lund Poulsen, Denmark’s defence minister, on February 9th.

28.01 / 05:48

Reuters Fighting War country reports rights ‘Russophobia is promoted as state policy in European countries,’ says Vladimir Putin

Vladimir Putin castigated Europe for “Russophobia" and aimed the Baltic States for their human rights record during the inauguration of a World War II memorial on Saturday. As reported by Reuters, over the past nearly two years since deploying Russian troops into Ukraine, Putin has consistently drawn parallels with the struggle against the Nazis as a means to unify his nation. Also Read: Putin Has Staked Russia’s Resources on Victory in Ukraine.

11.01 / 04:41

security Election wellness Trade country voice rights Who is in charge of Europe?

eastward enlargement, once dormant policy areas, are now priorities—giving a new voice to Ukraine’s neighbours in central Europe. The rise of China, and the prospect of resurgent Trumpism in America, has caused the EU to rethink its economic arrangements—often along statist French lines. Climate imperatives have reinforced the value of taking action at collective level—an approach favoured by the EU’s quasi-federal institutions in Brussels.

15.11 / 16:29

Provident President Experts reports Estonia's Prime Minister Kaja Kallas signals her interest in NATO's top job

Estonia’s Prime Minister Kaja Kallas is signaling that she's willing to put her name forward for NATO’s top job when it falls vacant next year

22.09 / 06:47

UPS Progressive Fighting President country gatherings NATO’s promises to Ukraine mark real progress

Read more of our recent coverage of the Ukraine war As he headed to NATO’s gathering in Vilnius, a tetchy Volodymyr Zelensky called it “unprecedented and absurd" that Ukraine was apparently not being given a clear promise of speedy membership of the alliance. If that was meant as a last-ditch attempt to twist arms, it failed. The final communiqué, as he feared, refers to a need for conditions to be met and for allies to agree, even as it avoids dates and timelines.

19.09 / 11:27

Citizens Action country Poland imposes EU ban on all Russian-registered passenger cars

Poland has begun enforcing an entry ban on all Russian-registered passenger cars seeking to enter the country

17.09 / 09:25

Citizens Action country Poland imposes EU ban on all Russian-registered passenger cars

Poland has begun enforcing an entry ban on all Russian-registered passenger cars seeking to enter the country

13.09 / 16:17

Citi Citizens Action Southern country Baltic states ban vehicles with Russian license plates in line with EU sanctions interpretation

Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have banned vehicles with Russian license plates from entering their territory as part of the European Union’s recent new interpretation of sanctions against Moscow over its war on Ukraine

04.08 / 08:11

UPS Continental country exit Power The 3 Baltic nations plan to accelerate their exit from Russia's power grid by almost a year

The prime ministers of the three Baltic countries agreed Thursday to speed up their nations’ disconnection from Russia’s power grid by nearly one year and connect with the continental European energy network by February 2025

03.08 / 17:21

UPS Continental country exit Power The 3 Baltic nations plan to accelerate their exit from Russia's power grid by almost a year

24.07 / 18:39

Provident MET Action country Execs yet to decide on investing after EBRD chief’s meet

New Delhi: While Indian business leaders recently met the president of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Odile Renaud-Basso, they are yet to make concrete investment commitment with the multilateral development bank that funnels investments to build market economies, two people with direct knowledge of the matter said. “They are on wait and watch mode on investment opportunities," one of the two people cited above said. Basso, who assumed office as the first woman to chief of the EBRD on 19 July, met with Indian business leaders in New Delhi, to discuss investment opportunities in the countries where the bank operates.

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