Tensions in the Baltic Sea have escalated after a Russian warship fired warning shots at a German military helicopter during a routine reconnaissance mission. The incident, confirmed by German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, has prompted Germany to increase surveillance of critical infrastructure in the region. Speaking on the sidelines of a NATO meeting in Brussels, … Read more
Two communication cables were damaged in the Baltic Sea in Swedish waters on Sunday and Monday. The Danish navy said on Wednesday it was tracking the Chinese cargo ship Yi Peng 3, which, according to ship-tracking websites, was floating above the cables around the time of the separation, although there is no immediate indication that … Read more
The American Wall Street Journal, citing its sources in Ukraine and in the US intelligence services, wrote that the sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipeline in the Baltic Sea on September 26, 2022 was carried out by a group of Ukrainian professionals. 1:10 “Ukraine has nothing to do with it,” Zelenskyy claimed about the … Read more
A staff of divers from Poland who had been in search of shipwrecks within the Baltic Sea report {that a} sunken crusing ship from the Nineteenth century carrying a cargo of bottles of champagne, wine and mineral water has been discovered. The Polish information company PAP reported about it. In accordance with her, the historic … Read more
German media are reporting today that the prosecutor in charge, Mats Ljungqvist, apparently wants to drop the proceedings and Swedish authorities are believed to have been unable to identify any specific suspects in their jurisdiction. Ljungkvist told the Swedish newspaper “Expressen” on Monday that he plans to make a decision in this case in the … Read more
German security experts, aviation specialists and military representatives are closely monitoring the GPS interference, pinning down specific sources, although the information is not made public. “Since December 2023, messages have been received from the northeastern part of the German airspace about sporadic disturbances in the signals transmitted by the Global Positioning System (GPS),” the ministry … Read more
The eyes of even the most hardened border guards widened when in the fall of 1925 a German ship that had been raised from the ground was pulled into Liepāja’s port. More than 104,000 liters of contraband alcohol were found in its cargo. Almost 11,000 black tin cans. A few days earlier, a similar but … Read more
Two Russian Tu-22M3 bombers from the long-range aviation division of the Russian Aerospace Forces have performed a planned flight over the neutral waters of the Baltic Sea. This was announced by the press service of the Ministry of Defense on the Telegram channel. The ministry showed a video showing moments of the take-off and tracking … Read more
None of the people on the raft had any idea what time it was when they finally heard the helicopters. “It must have been two hours. We heard them flying over us. You could also see the lights as they passed over our lifeboat, searching the water for survivors.” Immediately, probably Jiri or Ivan pulled … Read more
On June 29, seven-year-old Lech fell overboard of the “Stena Spirit” ferry into the Baltic Sea. His mother Paulina jumped into the water after the boy. Rescuers found both. But unfortunately the mother and child lost their lives. The investigation in this case is still ongoing. Investigators are currently trying to find out the answer … Read more