NATO navies are putting on a display of maritime might in the Baltic Sea this month, as thousands of personnel from 17 countries aboard 50 vessels take part in war games led by the U.S. Navy's 6th ...

Decades of pollution and climate change have caused fish to disappear from the Baltic Sea at an alarming rate, with the European Union on Thursday vowing to make the sea an "urgent priority".

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk warned on Thursday that the Baltic Sea is becoming “a new area of confrontation” with Russia, putting the country’s critical infrastructure increasingly at ...

The Baltic Sea may become a place — like Poland's eastern border today — of permanent confrontation,” Tusk said, following a meeting of the Maritime Operations Center in Gdynia, Poland.

Baltic Sea nations are pursuing one strategy, the European Union another and NATO yet another. This fragmented approach gives Russia plenty of room to keep its shadow fleet running. "What we do in the ...

A major naval operation concluded in the Baltic Sea on Monday, with warships, divers and underwater drone operators detonating… Tuesday, June 17, 2025.

Eight countries surrounding the Baltic Sea have pledged to work together in investing and completing interconnectors in the region and protecting undersea cables as part of the European Union’s ...

Belgian and Dutch forces conduct surveillance operations in the Baltic Sea as part of a NATO mission to monitor Russia and to protect undersea cables amid Baltic tensions. A Belgian-led NATO group ...

NATO has ramped up its presence in the Baltic Sea, sensing a threat from Russia. Countries that border the strategic waters are also ordering more vessels. The sea is important both to Russia and ...

Researchers have successfully revived algae that remained dormant within sediment at the bottom of the Baltic Sea for more than 7,000 years. The tiny diatom cells have regained full biological ...

After a series of suspicious cable cuttings feared to be Russian sabotage, NATO began a new mission called Baltic Sentry to patrol the Baltic Sea. Michael Schwirtz, an investigative reporter with ...

A concept map showing near total Baltic coverage from coastal countries with anti-ship coastal launchers. (Diehl Defence) For decades the Baltic Sea has served as a delicate buffer zone between a ...