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☆ A Chinese ship was near both subsea internet cables that were mysteriously cut, report says
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-20 | by ( Mikhaila Friel | Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

AdvertisementA Chinese ship was seen near severed Baltic Sea internet cables, the FT reported. Sweden is investigating the sighting of a Chinese vessel near where two Baltic Sea internet cables were severed, the Financial Times reported. AdvertisementThe Danish defense ministry said it was "in the area near" the Chinese ship in a statement on X Wednesday, amid unconfirmed reports that Danish officials had boarded the vessel. The International Union of Marine Insurance estimates that repairing damaged cables usually costs between $7 and $12 million. AdvertisementIt comes amid tensions between the West and China over its support of Russia in the war against Ukraine.

Persons: Boris Pistorius, Yi Peng, Erin Murphy, Murphy Organizations: Financial Times, FT, Danish Navy, Strategic, International, Russia, Foreign, International Union of Marine Insurance, Ukraine, Sweden's Ministry, Foreign Affairs, Marine, China's Embassy, Business Locations: Sweden, China, Lithuania, Sweden's Gotland, Russia, Ukraine, Germany, Finland, France, Italy, Poland, Britain, Egypt, Gulf of Finland, West

☆ Undersea cables cut in Baltic Sea; U.S. allies warn of hybrid warfare amid Russia clash
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-19 | by ( Freddie Clayton | Freddie Clayton Is A Freelance Journalist Based In London. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

U.S. allies warned of "hybrid warfare" Tuesday after two undersea communication cables were severed in the Baltic Sea, raising suspicions that they may be the latest acts of sabotage targeting the West as it clashes with Russia. German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said Tuesday that "no one believes that these cables were cut accidentally" after a rupture in a 730-mile cable linking Germany and Finland was detected Monday. "We have to state, without knowing specifically who it came from, that it is a ‘hybrid’ action," he said. Western officials have accused the Kremlin of intensifying a campaign targeting Ukraine's allies while assaulting its neighbor in a war that reached 1,000 days on Tuesday. "European security is not only under threat from Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, but also from hybrid warfare by malicious actors," the foreign ministers of Germany and Finland said in a joint statement.

Persons: Boris Pistorius, Arelion, NATO — Organizations: German, NBC, Swedish Armed Forces, NATO Locations: Baltic, Russia, Germany, Finland, Gotland, Ukraine

☆ 2 cut undersea internet cables — a suspected Russian sabotage — highlight a fragile global network
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-19 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

AdvertisementTwo subsea data cables in the Baltic Sea were damaged this week. Two subsea telecoms cables in the Baltic Sea have been damaged in a suspected act of Russian sabotage, highlighting the fragility of the world's data networks. AdvertisementThe impactAs the world has become more dependent on the internet, subsea cables have become increasingly vital. The cables carry vital internet data between countries, including streaming services and financial information. "The writing has been on the wall for a while now relating to subsea cable disruption.

Persons: Boris Pistorius, Telia, Cinia, Carl, Oskar Bohlin, Gregory Falco Organizations: Cables, Telia, NATO, International Union of Marine Insurance, TRT, General Staff, Directorate, West, Cornell University, BI, CSIS, Analysts, Atlantic Council Locations: Baltic, Germany, Finland, Lithuania, Sweden's Gotland, Russia, Ukraine, Lofoten, Norway

☆ A NATO country rejected offshore wind farms it said could slow its response to a Russian missile attack
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-04 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Sweden has dropped plans for 13 wind farms in the Baltic Sea due to security concerns. Wind turbines could interfere with radar and slow Sweden's missile response, its army said. A recent study found that an additional minute could be added to the country's missile response time. Sweden, which joined NATO earlier this year, shares a coast on the Baltic Sea with Russia. The reaction time in the event of a missile attack could go from 2 minutes to 60 seconds with wind farms in the way.

Persons: Pål Jonson, Jonson Organizations: Service, NATO Locations: Sweden, Baltic, Russia

☆ Ukraine war: European nations turn to conscription as threat of wider war with Russia grows
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-21 | by ( Radina Gigova | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

Several European nations have reintroduced or expanded compulsory military service amid Moscow’s mounting threat, part of a range of policies aimed at boosting defenses that are likely to be scaled up even further. Compulsory military service was reintroduced on January 1 this year, after being abolished in 2006. In the UK, the Conservatives floated the idea of military service in their ill-fated election campaign. In Lithuania, for instance, opinions about military service among students vary, said Paulius Vaitiekus, president of Lithuania’s National Students’ Union. However as an alliance we do not prescribe mandatory military service,” Dakhlallah said.

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☆ Why the Swedish and Finnish Air Forces are a powerful add to NATO
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-30 | by ( Michael Peck | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Finland's F/A-18 Hornets — which used to be the US Navy's standard fighter — are already compatible with NATO air forces. This puts several squadrons of stealth fighters on Russia's northern border, with the potential to penetrate and suppress Russian air defenses, and hit vital targets. "Both Finland's and Sweden's proximity allows NATO air forces to stage closer to the Baltics. Similarly, Sweden's Gotland island — located almost midway in the Baltic, about 60 miles from the Swedish mainland and 80 miles from the Baltic States — provides NATO with an advanced outpost. Their air forces are vital for this Nordic push, and will become very useful to further deter and defend the increasingly contested arctic space with Russia."

Persons: Paul Cormarie, John Hoehn, Sweden's JAS, Finland's, Ian Valley, Hoehn, Cormarie, Michael Peck Organizations: Service, NATO, RAND, Corp, Modern, Institute, Business, Nordic, Gripen, UK's Royal Air Force, Finnish Air Force, US Army, —, Defense, Foreign Policy, Rutgers Univ, Twitter, LinkedIn Locations: Ukraine, Finland, Sweden, West, Russia, Finnish, Swedish, France, Germany, Warsaw, Poland, Europe, Rovaniemi, US Army Sweden, Baltic States, Baltic, Norway, Norwegian, North, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Gotland, —, Pacific, United States, Taiwan, China, Forbes

☆ Putin has 'both eyes' on a strategic island belonging to new NATO member Sweden, army commander says
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-23 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewRussian President Vladimir Putin is targeting a strategic Swedish island that offers mastery over the Baltic Sea, the commander-in-chief of Sweden's army warned this week. Putin's goal is to gain control of the Baltic Sea," Micael Bydén told German news outlets, according to Politico's translation of his remarks. Sweden joined NATO in early March, and the alliance is now the dominant force in the Baltic Sea, thanks in large part to its control of Gotland. Advertisement"If Russia takes control and seals off the Baltic Sea, it would have an enormous impact on our lives — in Sweden and all other countries bordering the Baltic Sea," Bydén said. Swedish military officials watch a Swedish C-130H take off from a non-traditional runway on Gotland Island on October 23, 2021.

Persons: —, Vladimir Putin, Putin, Micael Bydén, Bydén, Patrik Orcutt, Ulf Kristersson Organizations: Service, Business, NATO, Nordic, Russia's Ministry of Defence, Moscow Times, US Army, Politico, Sweden's, Financial Times, Gotland Regiment, US Locations: Swedish, Baltic, Gotland, Putin's, Sweden, Russian, Kaliningrad, It's, Rhode, Russia, Bydén, Moscow, Lithuania, Finland, Latvia, Ukraine

☆ NATO's newest member says it's ready to fortify a strategic island in the middle of the Baltic Sea close to Russia
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-12 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Sweden is considering reinforcing Gotland, a strategic island in the Baltic Sea, after joining NATO. AdvertisementSweden is open to re-fortifying a crucial island in the Baltic Sea now that it's joined NATO, its prime minister said. "That goes in terms of presence on Gotland, but also in terms of surveillance, in terms of submarine capabilities." Gotland marked with an arrow in the Baltic Sea. Gotland is considered to hold a key strategic position in the Baltic Sea, and is often referred to as an "unsinkable aircraft carrier."

Persons: —, it's, Ulf Kristersson, Kristersson, Tom Porter, Anna Wieslander, Eric Adamson, Carl, Oskar Bohlin Organizations: NATO, Service, Financial, Google, Atlantic, FT, Atlantic Council, BBC Locations: Sweden, Gotland, Baltic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Finland, Poland, Swedish, Russian, Kaliningrad, Crimea, Ukraine, Russia

☆ The 'World's Ugliest Lawn' winner says the animals that visit every day 'think it's beautiful'
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-21 | by ( Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

An Australian woman won a Swedish competition for the "World's Ugliest Lawn." AdvertisementNot everyone would consider it a compliment, but an Australian woman is thrilled after an international panel gave her the "World's Ugliest Lawn" award. As a prize, the Swedish competition awarded Kathleen Murray of Tasmania with a "Proud owner of The World's Ugliest Lawn" t-shirt. The press release noted that all contestants had "a lot of ugliness to be proud of" in their dry yards. For that, the planet, and its dwindling stockpiles of life-giving liquid, thanks you, Kathleen," the press release said.

Persons: Kathleen Murray, —, –, Kathleen Murray of, Kathleen Murray's, Kathleen, Murray, bandicoots Organizations: Service, Washington Locations: Australian, Swedish, Gotland, Ireland , New Zealand, Australia, Kathleen Murray of Tasmania

☆ Ukraine Invited to Observe North Europe Defence Alliance Exercises
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( Oct. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - A British-led defence alliance of several European countries has invited Ukraine to observe its exercises, Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson told a press conference on Friday. Kristersson said JEF member states' defence ministers will meet to discuss how to protect critical infrastructure, particularly under water. The group said in June it would increase cooperation to detect possible threats to critical undersea and offshore infrastructure. Explosions last year to the Nord Stream gas pipelines under the Baltic sea between Russia and Germany remain unexplained. (Reporting by Simon Johnson and Anna Ringstrom, editing by Terje Solsvik and Deborah Kyvrikosaios)

Persons: Ulf Kristersson, JEF, Kristersson, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Simon Johnson, Anna Ringstrom, Terje Solsvik, Deborah Kyvrikosaios Organizations: Joint Expeditionary Force, Atlantic Locations: STOCKHOLM, British, Ukraine, Swedish, Britain, Baltic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Gotland, Russia, Germany

☆ Sweden to consider sending fighter jets to Ukraine, SR radio reports
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( Louise Rasmussen | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/2] Sweden's jet fighter JAS 39 Gripen E flies over the Gotland island in the Baltic Sea, May 11, 2022. TT News Agency/Henrik Montgomery via REUTERS/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsCOPENHAGEN, Sept 12 (Reuters) - The Swedish government is considering donating Gripen fighter jets to Ukraine to help it fight Russia, Swedish public radio (SR) reported on Tuesday, citing unnamed sources. The government wants to know, among other things, how a handover would affect Sweden's defence capabilities and how quickly Sweden could get new Gripen fighters, SR reported. The Netherlands and Denmark have led a push to supply Ukraine with U.S.-made F-16 fighter jets to help counter Russia's air superiority in the war. According to the SR report, Ukraine hopes to receive one division of Gripen jets, made by Sweden's Saab <SAABb.ST>, or 16-18 planes.

Persons: JAS, Henrik Montgomery, Sweden's, Gripens, Louise Breusch Rasmussen, Terje Solsvik, Kevin Liffey Organizations: TT News Agency, REUTERS, Rights, Gripen, Sweden's Saab, NATO, Thomson Locations: Gotland, Baltic, Rights COPENHAGEN, Swedish, Ukraine, Russia, Sweden, Netherlands, Denmark, U.S, Turkey, Hungary

☆ NATO's northernmost members are preparing for an undersea showdown with Russia
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-18 | by ( Constantine Atlamazoglou | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

NATO navies worry about those subs and they've increased their focus on countering undersea threats. Nordic navies are investing in their own submarine fleets to keep track of Russia's boats. A particular concern for the alliance is Russia's submarines, many of which are assigned to those two fleets. The potential threat from Russia's undersea forces has prompted its neighbors to reevaluate their own submarine needs. But Sweden's western neighbors, Norway and Denmark, both see a need for bigger sub fleets.

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"It's all about containing those kinds of capabilities from the north," retired U.S. Major General Gordon B. Davis Jr. told Reuters. "With five submarines we can close the Baltic Sea," Linden told Reuters. The region from the Baltic in the south to the high north may become almost an integrated operating area for NATO. It was first shipped from Germany across the Baltic Sea, then trucked nearly 900 km to the north. "It would make it very difficult for the Russian Baltic Sea fleet to operate in a free way," he said.

Persons: Mika Hakkarainen, Finland –, Major General Gordon B, Davis Jr, Fredrik Linden, Sweden's, Linden, Samu Paukkunen, Paukkunen, Sebastian Bruns, Michael Maus, Kurt Rossi, Rossi, Tuomo Lamberg, Bruns, Nick Childs, Anne Kauranen, Johan Ahlander, Jacob Gronholt, Sabine Siebold, Sara Ledwith Organizations: NATO, Reuters, Fleet, Finnish Institute of International Affairs, Major, Analysts, Northern Fleet, Kiel University's Institute for Security, NATO's, Transformation, Field Artillery, U.S . Army, Baltic, Commission, Security, Cooperation, Naval Forces and Maritime Security, International Institute for Strategic Studies, Fouche, Pedersen, Thomson Locations: TORNIO, Finland, KARLSKRONA, Sweden, Norway, Russia, Stockholm, Ukraine, Moscow, Europe, RUSSIA, Russian, Murmansk, Kola, Barents, North America, Greenland, Iceland, Helsinki, Baltic, Nord, Russia's, Denmark, Kiel, Rovaniemi, Santa Claus, United States, Britain, Germany, –, St, Petersburg, Kaliningrad, Sweco, Swedish, Gotland, Karlskrona, Oeland, London, Birmingham, Tornio, Oslo, Copenhagen, Brussels

☆ What Sweden's submarines bring to NATO
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-03 | by ( Johan Ahlander | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Sweden's key to keeping the waters navigable in a conflict is its world-leading submarine fleet, which analysts say holds some of the most advanced conventional submarines ever built. "The Swedish submarine fleet is well prepared for this environment and will add greatly to NATO's overall submarine capabilities in the Baltic," a NATO official told Reuters. "We have regional expertise, which fills a gap, expertise that NATO doesn't have," said Submarine Flotilla Commander Fredrik Linden. [1/5]The Swedish submarine HMS Gotland lies in a port at the naval base of Karlskrona, Sweden May 25, 2023. While submerged, conventional submarines run on battery power.

Persons: Fredrik Linden, Tom Little, Sebastian Bruns, Bruns, Sara Ledwith Organizations: NATO, Reuters, U.S navy's, REUTERS, Institute for Security, Kiel University, SAAB, Thomson Locations: KARLSKRONA, Sweden, Europe, Baltic, Russia, Germany, Swedish, Gotland, Karlskrona

☆ NATO boss: more important Sweden, Finland join soon than together
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-14 | by ( Andrew Gray | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Western officials have said they would prefer both countries to join NATO together, partly because it would be easier to integrate them at the same time into military structures. "The main question is not whether Finland and Sweden are ratified together. The main question is that they are both ratified as full members as soon as possible," he told reporters. "I'm confident that both will be full members and I'm working hard to get both ratified as soon as possible." Stoltenberg said Sweden and Finland had already come much closer to NATO in recent months and noted that all alliance members had approved the invitations to join.

☆ Explainer: Why is Turkey blocking Swedish and Finnish NATO membership?
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

WHY DOES TURKEY OBJECT TO SWEDISH AND FINNISH MEMBERSHIP? The PKK is designated a terrorist group in Turkey, Sweden, the United States and Europe. Sweden and Finland want to proceed together, but with Turkey's ire directed mainly at Sweden, Finland could eventually lose patience with the process. COULD NATO EXPEL TURKEY, ALLOWING SWEDEN AND FINLAND TO JOIN? But Sweden, Finland and NATO want to avoid a long drawn-out process.

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☆ Swedish man found guilty of murder, planning to kill politician
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

STOCKHOLM, Dec 6 (Reuters) - A Swedish court on Tuesday found a man guilty of murdering a woman and of planning to kill a senior politician at a festival in July, and ordered that he be taken into psychiatric care. The murder took place close to where Centre Party leader Annie Loof had been due to hold a news conference. The Gotland district court said the killer, Theodor Engstrom, had mapped Loof's agenda and was planning to murder her. The 33-year-old has said his intention was to hit back at the Swedish population," Judge Per Sundberg told a news conference. Engstrom pleaded guilty to murdering the psychiatrist Ing-Marie Wieselgren, but rejected charges related to Loof.

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