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Tall Ships Races with 50 classic vessels seek to draw attention to Baltic Sea's alarming condition

Jul. 04, 2024 14:54 PM EDT

HELSINKI (AP) — Dozens of classic sailing vessels from 13 countries that are plying the Baltic Sea arrived in the Finnish capital on Thursday at the end of the first leg of the Tall Ships Races that began in the Lithuanian port city of Klaipeda in late June. This year’s...

Thousands of NATO troops join drills in the strategically sensitive Baltic Sea region

Jun. 18, 2024 11:35 AM EDT

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Some 9,000 troops from 20 NATO countries have been participating this month in military exercises in the Baltic Sea region, which has become strategically sensitive following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Sweden, which had joined the drills in the past, took...