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Baltics and Poland warn Russia could launch limited military or hybrid provocation against NATO

Lithuania's president says intelligence suggests Russia is planning attacks on critical infrastructure in the Baltic states or Poland

The Independent UK

'Romanian drone incursion is no mistake, it's a provocation,' Polish official tells Euronews

Exclusive: Poland’s Undersecretary of State in Poland's Ministry of Economic Development and Technology Michał Baranowski condemned Russia's drone incursion in Romania early Friday morning, which comes hot on the heels to similar incidents in the Baltics and Poland.

Euronews

Germany and Netherlands to set up NATO command centre in Baltics, Berlin says

The joint German-Dutch command centre known as 1GNC will "assume a command role on NATO's eastern flank, specifically in the region Estonia and Latvia" in coming months.

Euronews

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Ukraine-Russia war latest: Kyiv hit by hypersonic ballistic missile as allies condemn ‘reckless escalation’

At least four people were killed in the attacks on Ukraine’s capital

The Independent UK

Baltics must adapt to drone incursions because more will come, Lithuanian defence minister warns

Exclusive: As the Baltics continue to be rattled by repeated drone incidents – with at least six actual or suspected incidents rocking the region this month – Lithuania’s Minister of Defence Robertas Kaunas told Euronews there is a “high possibility” more unmanned aerial incidents will materalise.

Euronews

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.

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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

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.

Al Jazeera

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.

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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.

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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

The Conversation

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 Times of India

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…

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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…

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…

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.

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