Minister of Energy Žygimantas Vaičiūnas does not rule out that incidents with subsea infrastructure in the Baltic Sea may be linked to the upcoming synchronisation of the Baltic States’ energy grid with Western Europe.
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NATO will start guarding critical facilities in the Baltic Sea with ten ships from the end of the week, Finnish public broadcaster Yle reported.
Lithuania has sufficient resources to counter hybrid and kinetic attacks by hostile states in its territorial waters, says the chair of the Seimas security committee.
As subsea cables continue to be cut in the Baltic Sea, Lithuania has stepped up the monitoring of the NordBalt power interconnection linking Lithuania and Sweden. Yet Minister of Energy Žygimantas Vaičiūnas notes that limitations of international law may cause challenges for countries of the region ...
The movement of Russian "shadow fleet" ships in the Baltic Sea must be stopped, Latvian Prime Minister Evika Silina (New Unity) said in an interview with the British broadcaster BBC on Sunday.
President Gitanas Nausėda says a disrupted undersea power cable connecting Finland and Estonia, the latest incident in a series of similar ones, calls for special attention from the NATO Alliance in order to protect the infrastructure at the Baltic Sea.
NATO will "enhance its military presence in the Baltic Sea" after the suspected sabotage of an undersea power cable linking Finland and Estonia this week, the Western military alliance’s chief said Friday.
Telecommunications company Telia has announced that internet communications between Lithuania and Sweden through the cable in the Baltic Sea was successfully restored on Thursday. The cable was damaged last week. It is thought that a Chinese ship might have dragged its anchor through the bottom of t...
Chinese commercial vessel Yi Peng 3 is suspected of deliberately dragging its anchor on the Baltic seabed for some 160 kilometres, damaging two undersea cables, the Wall Street Journal reports.
The object discovered during a seabed survey in the area designated for the wind farm in the Baltic Sea is actually a shipwreck. This has been finally confirmed by an additional survey. The object was detected on the seabed of the Baltic Sea during the seabed survey conducted by an international gre...
Acting Minister of National Defence Laurynas Kasčiūnas told journalists Friday that Lithuania together with NATO should plan a response with "civilian measures" if it transpires that telecommunications cables in the Baltic Sea were deliberately damaged by a hostile country.
The absolute majority of Lithuanian citizens rate electricity generation from renewable energy sources positively and believe that the country should produce all the energy it needs this way. Offshore wind energy has a significant role to play in this – the majority of Lithuanians are in favour of d...
The Ministry of National Defence stated that on 5-11 August fighter aircraft of the NATO Baltic Air Policing Detachment were scrambled twice to intercept aircraft of the Russian Federation violating flight rules in international airspace over the Baltic Sea.
At least five people drowned in Lithuania over the past weekend which was extremely hot, three of them died while trying to save children in the water, police and rescue teams reported.
The Environmental Protection Department (AAD) has concluded that nearly 2 tonnes of oil had spilled into the Baltic Sea from the Būtingė oil terminal in February and damage to the environment exceeded EUR 146 thousand.
On Wednesday, President Gitanas Nausėda opened the Baltic Sea High Level Energy Security Meeting at Vilnius Town Hall, said the president’s press service.
On 18-24 March, the NATO Air Policing Mission fighter aircraft were scrambled five times to intercept aircraft of the Russian Federation violating flight rules in international airspace over the Baltic Sea, reports the Ministry of National Defence.
A joint allied training practice of fighter jets will take place across the skies above the cities of Šiauliai and Klaipėda on Monday, the Lithuanian Armed Forces said.
The Ministry of Agriculture has announced that it has promptly taken measures to tighten the control of grain transported from Russia and other high-risk countries amid reports that Russia may be exporting grain seized in occupied territories of Ukraine through Baltic Sea ports.
A floating measuring station with specialised equipment has been brought to the maritime area of the future offshore wind farm, reports Ignitis Renewables, an international green energy company.
