As part of NATO's collective defence we strengthen the security of the Baltic region and stand united for a safer future,' says Swedish defense chief - Anadolu Ajansı

The Latvian Foreign Ministry released Friday a joint statement on behalf of Latvia Estonia and Lithuania voicing concern over the US decision on

Lithuania expects Latvia and Estonia has a unified position on the use of anti-personnel mines. This statement was made by the head of the Lithuanian Ministry of Defense, Dovile Shakalene, Baltnews reports.

The economies in the Baltic region are expected to return to growth in 2025, although the pace will be more sluggish for Estonia and Latvia than previously anticipated. Lithuania’s pace of growth this year will be around three times larger.

The Baltic states are working with Poland to secure the energy infrastructure they need as they decouple their power grids from Russia, Lithuania's energy minister told Reuters, following damage to undersea cables in the region.

A Ryanair plane about to land at Vilnius airport was diverted to Warsaw in Poland on Thursday because of GPS interference, Lithuania's air navigation authority said on Friday.

Lithuania has announced plans to enhance security measures around its power grids with Poland in preparation for next month's decoupling from the Russian energy system.

"Despite any provocations that could occur, any incidents, the disconnection from BRELL (which is) Belarus, Russia, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania – the Russian electricity grid – is inevitable and will happen in exactly one month," he added. The Baltic ...

Lithuania said Wednesday that it would bring forward increased security of a key electricity cable linking it to neighbouring Poland, citing the potential for sabotage.

VILNIUS (Reuters) - Lithuania said on Wednesday it has ramped up security around the country's electricity link with Poland ahead of a planned decoupling next month of the Baltic region's power systems from a Soviet-era grid shared with Russia and Belarus.

WARSAW, Poland — Hundreds of Swedish troops arrived in Latvia on Saturday to join a Canadian-led multinational brigade along NATO’s eastern flank, a mission Sweden is calling its most significant operation so far as a member of the Western defense alliance.

Since 24 February 2022, a total of 295,020 citizens of Ukraine have arrived in Belarus: 15,989 crossed the Ukrainian-Belarusian border, 216,162 came from Poland, 56,136 – from Lithuania, and 6,733 – f