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NATO jet shoots down what’s believed to be a Ukrainian drone over Estonia

Authorities say a Romanian F-16 jet belonging to NATO air policing forces in the Baltics have shot down what is believed to have been a Ukrainian drone over southern Estonia

The Independent UK

Entain taps DATA.BET to enhance esports betting across Baltics and Nordics

Sustaining the esports push in northern Europe.

Dot Esports

Tech Brief (Oct. 28): Meituan Releases Open-Source Video Generation Model

China’s securities regulator to deepen ChiNext board reforms, XPeng expands into the Baltics and Cambodia

Caixin Global

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Europe wants to build a drone wall to protect its eastern flank from Russia. Is it feasible?

Two companies involved with a drone wall in the Baltics say their technology is ready to be deployed.

Euronews

The Baltics scored a key European victory on energy security that can inspire others

Through smart policymaking, courage and collaboration, the Baltic states can serve as an inspiration to many countries around the world, the IEA executive director and the energy ministers of the three Baltic states write in an Euronews exclusive.

Euronews

Weather tracker: Unseasonable warmth continues in eastern Europe

Heat spreads eastwards into the Baltics and western Russia, although colder air will sweep in by the weekend

The Guardian - UK

Why have Baltic states unplugged from Russia’s electricity grid?

Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania have officially joined the EU grid in response to Russia’s war on Ukraine.

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Baltics Disconnect From Russian Power Grid Without Incident

The three Baltic states on Saturday seamlessly cut ties with Russia's power grid to integrate with the European Union's network, a switch that gained urgency with Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.

International Business Times

Baltics Begin Decoupling From Russian Power Grid

The Baltic states on Saturday began cutting ties with Russia's power grid in order to integrate with Europe's system, a years-long process that gained urgency with Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.

International Business Times

Baltics To Cut Soviet-era Ties To Russian Power Grid

Baltic states Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia are to disconnect from the Russian power grid on Saturday, a politically-charged move that severs their Soviet-era energy ties with Moscow.

International Business Times

From self-care to sustainability: everything that happened at Tallinn Applied Art Triennial

At the Tallinn Applied Art Triennial, 27 artists from the Baltics and Nordics showcase a wealth of creative expressions inspired by the past, present and future

Wallpaper

Putin’s designs on a Baltic island are leading Sweden to prepare for war

Gotland has been a popular holiday destination for decades, but recently Swedish commander-in-chief, Mikael Bydén, claimed that Russian president Vladmir Putin “has his eyes” on the island. Concern was further ramped up, showing Gotland was just one part of Russia’s ambitions in the Baltics, in the last few days when…

The Conversation

Putin's shadow looms over Nato’s border states

A few hours drive east of Riga through a snow-carpeted landscape of forest, fields and frozen lakes, motorists are told in Latvian and English that they’re entering “Borderland.” Cars are forbidden from stopping and photographs are not allowed. Watch towers look out across a belt of birch and pine trees…

The Times of India

Denmark to Reduce its Military Presence in Iraq

Denmark will reduce its military presence in Iraq starting in early-2024 and instead focus on the Baltic countries, offering NATO a battalion to defend the region, the Nordic country's Defence Minister Troels Lund Poulsen said on Tuesday. "We must be prepared for the Danish presence in the Baltics to be…

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The Independent UK

Russians place flowers at burnt out tanks in Baltic cities

Burnt-out Russian tanks seized by Ukrainian forces last year have gone on display in recent days in the capitals of the three Baltics states

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: I lost a close friendship to Putin’s war on Ukraine

When I immigrated to the U.S. from Moscow in the mid-1990s, the first thing I learned was that people in the Soviet diaspora didn’t care where you came from. The fact that I’d spent half my childhood in Ukraine and the other half in Russia carried no significance in the…

Reuters

Lithuania tells Biden: deploy more military equipment in the Baltics

(Refiling to restore word "equipment" in headline)

Asharq Al-Awsat

NATO Deploys Surveillance Planes to Romania, to Monitor Russian Activity

NATO surveillance planes were due to arrive in Romania on Tuesday to bolster the military alliance's eastern flank and help monitor Russian military activity. NATO announced last week it would deploy the Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) surveillance planes to Bucharest, where they will start reconnaissance flights solely over…

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Reuters

Baltics say Ukrainian annexation mirrors their occupation story

Russia's annexation of four Ukrainian regions on Friday brought back painful memories in the Baltic countries, which say the same playbook was used to join them to the Soviet Union in 1940.

Reuters

While rest of EU mourns, Baltics recall Gorbachev as agent of repression

Widely praised in the West as a towering statesman who helped end the Cold War, Mikhail Gorbachev was remembered in the Baltic states on Wednesday as a repressive autocrat who unsuccessfully tried to stop them from breaking away from the Soviet Union.

The Independent UK

Austin pledges military training, support for Baltics

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said the U.S. will conduct more more military exercises with Baltic nations such as Latvia, and look to provide increased training

Reuters

NATO to pledge aid to Baltics and Ukraine, urge Turkey to let in Nordics

NATO leaders will urge Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan to lift his veto over Finland and Sweden's bid to join the military alliance when they meet for a three-day summit on Tuesday, as the West strives to send Russia and China a signal of resolve.

Reuters

Latvia wants more NATO troops, fed up of "paying for lunch for the others"

Latvia on Thursday made a last pitch for the deployment of more NATO troops in the Baltics, two weeks before NATO leaders are set to decide the future military line-up on the alliance's eastern flank in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Daily Mirror

US carries out military drills in Estonia with NATO as tensions with Russia ramp up

Soldiers from The Rifles regiment will deploy to Estonia in June to replace the Royal Tank Regiment - and UK forces will also form two new HQs in the Baltics

Daily Mirror

UK sending hundreds more troops to Eastern Europe to counter Russian aggression

The UK is to deploy hundreds more soldiers to Estonia in June to help bolster defences in the face of Russian aggression and will also form two new headquarters in the Baltics

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