The Chinese communist regime’s ambassador to France publicly claimed on Friday that Crimea “belongs to Russia from the very beginning,” and that post-USSR republics “have no effective status” in international law, infuriating European leaders. Lu Shaye, the Chinese regime’s “wolf warrior” diplomat who often makes aggressive and controversial remarks, was interviewed by French media on…
China’s Ambassador to France Questions Sovereignty of Ex-Soviet States, Infuriating European Leaders
April 24, 2023
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4th Leak Reported on Nord Stream Pipelines in Baltic Sea
September 29, 2022
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STOCKHOLM—A fourth leak on the Nord Stream pipelines has been reported off southern Sweden, the Swedish coast guard said Thursday. “We have leakage at two positions” off Sweden, coast guard spokesperson Mattias Lindholm. There are two more off Denmark, he said. Two of the leaks are on the Nord Stream 1 pipeline that recently stopped…
German Businessman on Private Jet That Crashed in Baltic
RIGA—A prominent German businessman was aboard the private jet that crashed into the Baltic Sea off Latvia after flying half way across Europe from Spain without responding to controllers’ calls, his company, Quick Air, said on Monday. The jet, an Austria-registered Cessna 551, left Jerez in southern Spain on Sunday afternoon, turning at Paris and…
US Navy Assault Ship Takes Part in Baltic Sea Training
ABOARD USS KEARSARGE—U.S. Navy amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge is taking part in international training in the Baltic Sea amid Russia’s war in Ukraine and tensions in the region. The Kearsarge is the first ship of the Wasp class to take part in international training in the Baltic in at least two decades. Associated Press…
Moscow Fumes After EU Cuts Off Shipments to Baltic Outpost
June 21, 2022
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KYIV—Russia summoned the European Union’s ambassador in Moscow on Tuesday, fuming over what it calls an illegal rail blockade of a Russian outpost on the Baltic Sea, the latest stand-off over sanctions imposed over the war in Ukraine. On the ground in eastern Ukraine, Russia’s separatist proxies said they were advancing towards Kyiv’s main battlefield…
Trudeau to Meet NATO Leader in Latvia After Pledging Support to Baltic Leaders
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrived Tuesday at one of NATO’s military bases on the Russian border after telling three Baltic leaders that Canada will stand with them to fight the Kremlin’s war on Ukraine and its cyberattacks on their countries. “You are literally on the front lines of this challenge with Russia,” he said earlier…
US F-15s Scrambled to Intercept Russian Jets Over Baltic
U.S. F-15 jets in Estonia were scrambled late last week to intercept Russian jets over the Baltic region, NATO confirmed. On Feb. 4, NATO Allied Air Command revealed an intercept incident the day before, as tensions between the U.S.-led bloc and Russia remain on edge. “US F-15Es scrambled and intercepted Russian fighters operating near Allied…
2 Crew Missing After Danish and British Boats Collide in Icy Baltic
STOCKHOLM/COPENHAGEN—Two Danish crew members of a capsized barge were missing in the freezing Baltic Sea on Monday after an overnight collision with a British vessel in a busy maritime route off Sweden. With the pair unlikely to survive long in water temperatures around 4 Celsius, rescue boats and a helicopter hunted for hours. There was…
Trans Lapland
In this episode, we follow a big imaginary loop and make it come to life, a circuit of more than 3,200 kilometers, the Trans-Laponia, a road without night. During this circuit, we discover some unusual lifestyles along the shores of the Barents Sea and of the Baltic. In Turku, we meet Jenna and her tango gang,…
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