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Poland imposes EU ban on all Russian-registered passenger cars
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland began to enforce a European Union ban Sunday on all Russian-registered passenger cars seeking to enter the country — the latest in a series of sanctions on Russia in punishment for its war against Ukraine. Under the EU’s decision, motor vehicles...
Baltic states ban vehicles with Russian license plates in line with EU sanctions interpretation
HELSINKI (AP) — Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have banned vehicles with Russian license plates from entering their territory, a joint move in line with a recent interpretation of the European Union’s sanctions against Moscow over its war on Ukraine. Estonia imposed the measure on...
Latvia and Estonia sign deal to buy German-made missile defense system
VIENNA (AP) — Estonia and Latvia signed an agreement Monday with Germany to purchase a medium-range air defense missile system that opens the way for the two Baltic nations to join a common air defense system proposed by Germany last year. The agreement was signed Monday at a...
Zelenskyy says Ukraine has developed a long-range weapon, a day after a strike deep inside Russia
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday his country has developed a weapon that hit a target 700 kilometers (400 miles) away, in an apparent reference to the previous day’s strike on an airport in western Russia. Zelenskyy said on his Telegram...
Ukrainian drones strike deep in Russian territory, Moscow says, while a barrage in Kyiv kills 2
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine sent waves of drones deep into western Russia in more than four hours of nighttime attacks that struck military assets, Russian officials and media reports said Wednesday. The drones hit an airport near Russia’s border with Estonia and Latvia, causing...
Poland, Baltic states warn they could seal borders with Belarus if military, migrant tensions grow
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — NATO members Poland and the Baltic states will seal off their borders with Russia’s ally Belarus in the event of any military incidents or a massive migrant push by Minsk, the interior ministers warned Monday. The ministers said they were seeing growing...
The 3 Baltic nations plan to accelerate their exit from Russia's power grid by almost a year
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — The prime ministers of the three Baltic countries agreed Thursday to speed up their nations’ disconnection from Russia's power grid by nearly one year and connect with the continental European energy network by February 2025. In a joint declaration, Kaja...
Researchers hope undersea work yields new information on 1994 Baltic Sea ferry disaster
HELSINKI (AP) — A research vessel carrying investigators from Sweden and Estonia was scheduled to arrive Wednesday at the Baltic Sea site where a passenger ferry sank almost 30 years ago to conduct underwater studies that might produce new information about one of Europe's deadliest maritime...
