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‘It’s Our Backyard’: On Board a Lithuanian Patrol for Russian Hybrid Threats in the Baltic
Through Captain Arunas’ binoculars, visibility is close to zero: "One kilometer, no more." The thick fog hanging over the Baltic Sea complicates the patrol for the 50 sailors aboard the Jotvingis. Their mission aboard the Lithuanian Navy command vessel: preventing hybrid threats as part of NATO's Baltic Sentinel operation.
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Lithuania vows to boost defense spending to 5-6% of GDP, citing the threat of Russian aggression
Lithuania's president says his country has made the decision to raise its spending on defense to between 5% and 6% of overall national economic output starting in 2026.
Europe’s undersea infrastructure keeps getting damaged. What’s going on?
Incidents damaging Europe’s undersea networks have become more frequent since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, raising suspicions they are the result of sabotage.
RTE Online13d
GPS interference forces Ryanair diversion from Lithuania
A Ryanair plane about to land at Vilnius airport was diverted to Warsaw in Poland because of GPS interference, Lithuania's air navigation authority said
Ryanair flight diverted from Vilnius due to GPS interference, Lithuania says
A Ryanair plane about to land at Vilnius airport was diverted to Warsaw in Poland on Thursday because of GPS interference, Lithuania's air navigation authority said on Friday.
Yahoo13d
Lithuania vows to boost defense spending to 5-6% of GDP, citing the threat of Russian aggression
The President of Lithuania, Gitanas Nauseda, gives a statement ahead of a summit of the Baltic Sea NATO countries in Helsinki, Finland, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. (Antti Aimo-Koivisto/Lehtikuva via AP)
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Europe’s inaction on undersea infrastructure is a security time bomb
Following Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, concerns over the security of energy and communication infrastructure in the Baltic Sea intensified. Initially, focus was placed on the threat of hybrid attacks from Russia.
The Baltic Times23h
Lithuanian parlt speaker hopes for Beijing's 1st step in restoring diplomatic ties
VILNIUS – Speaker of the Lithuanian Seimas Saulius Skvernelis hopes that Beijing will take the first step in restoring bilateral diplomatic relations.
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Russia Wants to Remove "Finland" From the Map
Russia has recently taken a page out of Trump's book and is proposing to rename the Gulf of Finland the Gulf of St. Petersburg.
Bryn Mar Athletics1d
Learning to Listen Presents the Erinys Quartet
The Erinys Quartet's repertoire for the L2L series includes Haydn’s string quartet in B minor Op. 33 No. 1, Debussy’s string quartet in G minor, and more.
ERR News1d
Run on home generators as Estonia prepares to disconnect from Russian grid
The imminent decoupling of Estonia's electricity grid and its synchronization with the mainland European grid has led to a surge in purchases of home generators, many of them costing hundreds, or even thousands,
Global Forecast-Fahrenheit
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