The eight countries bordering the Baltic Sea, Norway and Iceland are drawing up joint response plans to major crises, ...

TALLINN - Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, and Sweden have signed a memorandum of cooperation to enhance national preparedness for major crises and ...

Joint patrols are being mounted to protect undersea cables from Russian sabotage: localised cooperation is our best hope for now, says Swedish security expert Elisabeth Braw ...

For decades the Baltic Sea has served as a delicate buffer zone between a growing number of NATO members and Russia, more recently becoming a new front line for symmetric and asymmetric threats ...

The Baltic countries comprise three nations in northeastern Europe: Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. They are called "Baltic" because they all lie along the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea. This sea ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte begins the meeting of NATO Defence Ministers in Brussels NATO/dpa NATO forces have begun ...

Welcome to Wider Europe, RFE/RL's newsletter focusing on the key issues concerning the European Union, NATO, and other institutions and their relationships with the Western Balkans and Europe's ...

Eight countries surrounding the Baltic Sea have pledged to work together in investing and completing interconnectors in the region and protecting undersea cables as part of the European Union’s ...

Intensive agriculture, forestry, heavy traffic, industry, shipping, and overfishing are all taking their toll on the world's second-largest brackish-water sea and its unique flora and fauna. Last ...