Stories from Scandinavia, Poland and the Baltics
Smashed windows of cultural centres, damages to buildings of businesses and threat messages to Belarusians in Lithuania, often with spelling errors. A series of incidents in Lithuania in the past years are the works of Belarusian and Russian secret services, […]
Leader of the populistic Dawn of Nemunas (Nemuno Aušra) political party in Lithuania, and Member of Parliament, Remigijus Žemaitaitis has been denied access to classified state information, Lithuanian media reported on 24 April 2025. Such information access is normally granted, […]
The Lithuanian Navy is buying two Fast Multipurpose Attack Craft from the Finnish company Marine Alutech, both parties announced on 7 April 2025. The boats are based on the Watercat M18 design by Marine Alutech, which have a maximum speed […]
On 18 March 2025, Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have announced they will leave the Ottawa Treaty that bans those who signed it to use anti-personnel mines. The ministers of defence of the four countries have issued a joint statement […]
Russia has switched gear in its GPS jamming in Norway. Especially spoofing is now more often used, according to a report of the Norwegian broadcasting agency NRK. From about 1,400 metres up in the air, aeroplanes are deliberately being fed […]
Lithuanian Deputy Finance Minister Valentin Gavrilov resigned on 28 January, after being accused of supporting Russia. Gavrilov has Russian social media accounts and seemed to support the celebration of Soviet Victory Day, Lithuanian media report. On his Facebook page he […]
In about one month, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania cut themselves off from the Russian power grid, called BRELL. On February 8, the Baltic electricity operators will leave the Russian power supply, and join the European on the 9th, a year […]
The train companies of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have made it easier to travel to the capitals of the three Baltic states by train. Launch on 6 January, it is now possible to make the entire stretch in 10 hours, […]
Lithuania has struck an agreement with German-based defence corporation KNDS to buy 44 new Leopard 2A8 tanks of the latest standard. The tanks are to be delivered by 2030, according to the Lithuanian Ministry of Defence. However, the time frame […]
Almost a month ago, the Yi Peng 3 was halted by the Danish navy. The ship was the main suspect for either an accident or purposely aimed sabotage of two vital communication cables underneath the Baltic Sea. Weeks later, the […]
Lithuania is beefing up its air defences. On 4 October it announced buying an additional NASAMS system, made by Kongsberg of Norway, to improve its short- to medium-range ground-based anti-air protection. The deal comes on top of other purchases with […]
The Germany army brigade of about 5,000 troops settling as a permanent force in Lithuania will be equipped with brand-new Leopard 2 battle tanks. Moreover, Rheinmetall is likely to soon start construction of its own ammunitions plant in the Baltic […]