After a summit of Baltic Sea allies on January 14, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, President of Finland Alexander Stubb and Prime Minister of Estonia Kristen Michal announced the launch of the Baltic Sentry, a new NATO military effort to strengthen ...

Baltic Sea NATO member countries plan to discuss security in the region at a summit in Helsinki on Tuesday that comes in the wake of a number of recent acts of suspected sabotage at sea. The main purpose of the summit is to find ways to better protect critical infrastructure in the Baltic Sea and to counter the threat posed by the so-called Russian shadow fleet.

The NATO summit in The Hague “could be historical ... the backdrop of similar sentiments by Finland’s President Alexander Stubb, who said Wednesday that Europe had to boost its military ...

Finnish President Alexander Stubb will host a summit in Helsinki of the NATO countries that border the Baltic Sea together with Estonian Prime Minister Kristen Michal next Tuesday. The summit, which will take place at the Presidential Palace,

The incidents contributed to mounting European fears of sabotage, as NATO officials accuse Russia of a growing “destabilization campaign” over their military support for Ukraine and sanctions against Moscow.

An emerging consensus among U.S. and European security services holds that accidents were the cause of damage to Baltic seabed energy and communications lines.

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NATO on Tuesday launched operation Baltic Sentry to deter further attempts to damage critical underwater infrastructure in the Baltic Sea. Secretary General Mark Rutte announced the operation on Tuesday in a joint press conference with Finland President Alexander Stubb and Estonia Prime Minister Kristen Michal at the Baltic Sea NATO Allies Summit held in Helsinki,

Europe must boost its military spending and better coordinate its defence amid hybrid threats from Russia and suspected sabotage of Baltic Sea cables, Finnish President Alexander Stubb said in an interview.

"Had it continued for another 12 minutes, the carnage would have been much worse than the four basic cables that were there," Finnish President Alexander Stubb said.

Finnish President Alexander Stubb attends a press conference for Finnish media as part of a summit of the Baltic Sea NATO countries in Helsinki, Finland, Jan. 14, 2025