A submarine cable was damaged in the Baltic Sea, the fourth case reported by the Nordic countries in the past two months. EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen emphasised, "The resilience and security of our infrastructure is a top priority.

"The calculations have shown a possible drop in prices for patients in total for both prescription and over-the-counter medicines by up to 20%,” Abu Meri told Euractiv.

An undersea fibre optic cable between Latvia and Sweden has been damaged, likely due to external influence, prompting a joint investigation by NATO and Baltic nations. Swedish and Latvian authorities are cooperating to assess the situation and determine necessary actions for the repair and protection of critical infrastructure.

Hundreds of Swedish troops have arrived in Latvia to join a Canadian-led multinational brigade along NATO’s eastern flank.

The Arelion submarine cable, which connects the Swedish island of Gotland to Lithuania, and the C-Lion 1 submarine communications cable that runs between Finland's capital Helsinki and the German city of Rostock were also damaged in mid-November near Sweden's territorial waters.

Latvia dispatched a warship on Sunday after damage to a fibre optic cable to Sweden that may have been “due to external factors”. The navy said it had identified a “suspect vessel”, the Michalis San,

Latvia said it had dispatched a warship on Sunday after damage to a fibre optic cable to Sweden that may have been "due to external factors.".

Walking around Riga city there are Flow posters everywhere and people are doing graffiti of cats,” filmmaker Gints Zilbalodis said of the response to his history-making sophomore feature in his home country.

During the EU Foreign Affairs Council on 27 January 2025, ministers agreed to extend the EU sectoral sanctions against Russia, which are renewed every six months. Latvian Foreign Minister Baiba Braže noted that the Council also decided to impose EU sanctions on three Russian military intelligence service officers for a cyberattack against Estonia.

With its powerful camera, the French Navy surveillance plane scouring the Baltic Sea zoomed in on a cargo ship plowing the waters below - closer, closer and closer still until the camera operator could make out details on the vessel’s front deck and smoke pouring from its chimney.

NATO is deploying eyes in the sky and on the Baltic Sea to protect cables and pipelines that stitch together the nine countries with Baltic shores.