Tag: Baltic

Estonian minister blames Russia for GPS interference over Baltic

Estonia’s Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna laid the blame for the jamming of GPS signals over the Baltic squarely with Russia on Thursday, following weeks of interference that has disrupted air travel in the region. Estonia has been seeing an increase in targeted disruptions to GPS satellite navigation recently. The authorities of the Baltic Sea state […]

German customs allows detained cargo ship to depart Baltic Sea port

German customs authorities have granted the cargo ship Atlantic Navigator II permission to depart from the German Baltic Sea port of Rostock, after earlier detaining the ship under EU sanctions against Russia. A spokeswoman for the German customs office in Stralsund confirmed the decision to dpa on Friday. The cargo ship, which was heading from […]

Baltic states condemn Russia’s intention to hold presidential elections in Ukraine’s occupied territories

The Latvian, Lithuanian and Estonian foreign ministers have condemned Russia’s intention to hold presidential “elections” in the occupied territories of Ukraine. Source: Joint Statement by the Foreign Ministers of Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania on Russia’s upcoming presidential elections Details: In their statement, Latvia’s Krišjānis Kariņš, Lithuania’s Gabrielius Landsbergis and Estonia’s Margus Tsahkna declared that the […]

Belarusian President complains to Putin that Ukraine and Baltic countries “seek better life abroad” – video

Alexander Lukashenko, self-proclaimed President of Belarus, has claimed at the meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin that Ukraine and Baltic countries “could cooperate with Russia instead of ‘seeking better life abroad’”. Source: Lukashenko and Putin at the meeting in St. Petersburg, as reported by the Pul pervogo Telegram-channel and the Russian Interfax Quote: “I thought […]