The Baltic states are set to sever ties with Russia's power grid that date back to the 1950s, and instead integrate further ...

Ukraine previously offered U.S. access to its rare earth minerals in an effort to keep the Trump administration engaged in ...

Nearly 3 1/2 decades after leaving the Soviet Union, the Baltic countries of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania this weekend will flip a switch to end electricity-grid connections to neighboring Russia and ...

Malicious Russian activity in Latvia could become more diverse in 2025. Among the country's security challenges, the risk of ...

The three Baltic states -- Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania -- will disconnect on February 8 from the IPS/UPS electricity transmission grid that links Russia, Belarus, and the Russian exclave of ...

A ceremony is expected in the center of Vilnius on Sunday, February 9, at which a specially designed nine-meter clock will ...

Since the start of the Russia-Ukraine war, international peace in the Arctic has been put on hold and now even countries outside of the Arctic Circle, like China, have been showing more interest ...

Lisa Murkowski described the move as an “unprecedented provocation by our adversaries.” The following month, Russia and China sent patrol boats through icy waters of the high north.

Despite the frequent calls from Latvian authorities to dissuade residents from travelling to Russia, the number of visits to the aggressor state had doubled in 2024 when compared to the year prior, as ...

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The road-junction village is nearly 10 miles from the neighboring Dnipropetrovsk region, where authorities have begun digging fortifications for the first time since Russia’s full-scale invasion ...