TAG: Baltics

The cold fish deal: How EU spending talks went to Brazil and back ― just in time for Christmas

BRUSSELS / PARIS ― When the VIP vending machine broke down in the early hours of the morning near th...

8 months ago

Russia fuel export terminal halts operations after suspected Kyiv drone attack

A huge Russian fuel export terminal near St. Petersburg was forced to suspend operations on Sunday a...

8 months ago

Northern Europe’s new naval priority: Submarine sabotage

HANKO, Finland — Finnish and British troops undertaking a routine naval training exercise on a recen...

8 months ago

Sweden drops Nord Stream sabotage probe

Sweden is ending its investigation into the mysterious explosions that blew up the undersea Nord Stream pipelines after concluding the country's courts do not have jurisdiction over the case. In a statement issued Wednesday, Swedish prosecutor Mats Ljungq...

6 months ago

Shrinking Arctic ice redraws the map for internet cable connections

Thawing ice in the Arctic may open up new routes for internet cables that lie at the bottom of the ocean and carry most international data traffic. And more routes matter when underwater infrastructure is at risk of attack.Baltic Sea gas and telecoms cabl...

6 months ago

France talks tough on Ukraine while gobbling up more Russian gas

BRUSSELS — Put your money where your mouth is.Such grumbling is percolating across Europe as new data reveals France quietly ramping up gas payments to Russia just as President Emmanuel Macron loudly positions himself as one of Ukraine’s staunchest defend...

6 months ago

EU finally ready to bring down Russia’s gas empire … sort of

For the first time since Moscow launched its full-scale attack on Ukraine more than two years ago, the EU is expected to aim its sanction bazooka at Russia’s lucrative gas sector.But the proposals on the table would only touch a fraction of the billions M...

5 months ago

EU shouldn’t leave newer members behind, Dombrovskis says on enlargement anniversary

Expanding the EU’s ranks has been an “overall” success — but an economic chasm between member countries persists, the bloc’s trade and economics chief said Wednesday.Twenty years after 10 Central and Eastern European countries joined the EU, it’s clear en...

5 months ago

Has the EU really just found €400B it could spend on defense?

BRUSSELS — The EU's emergency bailout fund — created at the peak of the debt crisis — could be the answer to governments' prayers: a ready-made money pot it could invest in defense. Powerful figures in the bloc are pushing for the European Stability Mecha...

5 months ago

How dirty Russian money taught Latvia to get serious on sanctions

RIGA — When your most important ally swoops in and closes your third-largest bank while calling it a “money laundering institution,” it’s time to roll up your sleeves and get to work.That’s exactly what Latvia did when confronted by the U.S. Treasury Depa...

4 months ago

Germany issued arrest warrant for Ukrainian over Nord Stream bombing, reports say

German prosecutors have obtained a European arrest warrant for a Ukrainian man they believe was involved in the bombing of the Nord Stream gas pipelines, according to media reports Wednesday. The man, however, was able to escape arrest, German media repor...

2 months ago

Italian Commissioner Gentiloni backs political rival Fitto for key EU job

BRUSSELS — Outgoing EU economy commissioner and Italian socialist Paolo Gentiloni put party allegiance aside and threw his weight behind political rival Raffaele Fitto in an interview with POLITICO on Tuesday.The Italian right-winger is in line to become...

1 week ago