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Washington approves $228 million in US military aid to the three Baltic states, Estonia says
HELSINKI (AP) — The U.S. Congress has passed a bill that involves a total of $228 million in military and defense aid to Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania this year under the Baltic Security Initiative, Estonia’s defense officials said Saturday. The U.S. government funding...
Estonia detains 10 people suspected of committing sabotage on orders from Russia
HELSINKI (AP) — Estonia’s domestic security agency said on Tuesday that it had apprehended 10 people suspected of sabotage and of spreading fear and creating tension within the Baltic country in a coordinated “hybrid operation” by Russia’s special services. Among the...
Sweden won't reopen an investigation into 1994 Baltic Sea ferry disaster
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden won't reopen an investigation into a 1994 ferry sinking in the Baltic Sea that killed 852 people in one of Europe’s deadliest peacetime sea disasters, after investigators in Estonia, Finland and Sweden found no indication of a collision or an explosion, the prosecutor...
Estonia's foreign minister says the Baltics have 3 or 4 years to prepare for Russian 'test' of NATO
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Estonia's foreign minister said Wednesday that NATO has about three or four years to strengthen its defenses as Russian President Vladimir Putin ramps up his country's “war machine." Margus Tsahkna told a news conference during a visit to Poland's capital...
Russia puts leader of NATO member Estonia on a wanted list over removal of Soviet-era monuments
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Estonia’s prime minister has been put on a wanted list in Russia because of her efforts to remove Soviet-era World War II monuments in the Baltic nation, officials said Tuesday as tensions between Russia and the West soar amid the war in Ukraine. The name...
