Baltic States
Baltic Sea security risks grow as Russia targets critical infrastructure, OSW says
Hrowing Russian hybrid activity is exposing energy infrastructure, ports, shipping and air navigation to new risks, Poland's Centre for Eastern Studies warned.
Missile War Monitor: Russian oil firms miss 60% of gasoline contracts as Ukraine's drone campaign bites
Russian oil companies failed to fulfil about 60% of gasoline supply contracts on the St Petersburg exchange between May and September, industry sources told Kommersant on September 3.
Estonia's defence minister resigns over procurement scandal
Questions over procurement controls undermine public confidence as Estonia accelerates defence investment in response to the security threat from Russia.
IntelliNews Lambda: EU gas storage is emptier than in the 2022 crisis, gas prices doubles
Europe will miss its 90% full target for gas storage by November and is now on course to hit only 68%. Gas prices have already doubled but another 2022 gas crisis is unlikely, according to IntelliNews Lambda's model.
Estonia elects constitutional lawyer Ulle Madise as new president
Ulle Madise elected at a particularly sensitive time for Estonia, a Nato and EU member sharing a border with Russia and one of Europe's most outspoken supporters of Ukraine.
11 EU members push to curb foreign policy vetoes as bloc weighs wider reform
Reform discussion ongoing amid questions over whether the EU's institutions are equipped for another round of enlargement.
European officials find no sign Russia is preparing to attack Nato
European officials say they have no evidence that Russia is preparing a conventional attack on Nato or on a Baltic state.
Estonian audit flags serious weaknesses in defence asset management
Findings raise concerns over Estonia’s ability to manage soaring defence spending while ensuring military assets are properly controlled and accounted for.
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King Harald V of Norway dies at 89, son succeeds as King Haakon VIII
King Harald V of Norway, Europe's oldest reigning monarch, has died at 89 after a 35-year reign, the palace says. He is succeeded by his son, King Haakon VIII, with Princess Ingrid Alexandra now heir to the throne.
Russia's saboteurs have followed the arms industry east into Nato
Slovak police foiled an arson attack on a Ukrainian-owned drone factory near Presov this week, the first documented attempt of its kind in the country.
The EU's trade with Russia has inverted
For the first time in the modern history of the relationship, the European Union sells Russia more goods than it buys from it. The EU used to be Russia’s biggest trade partners but little is left from the pre-war boom except fish and fertilizers.
Hungarian households' finances squeezed despite real wage growth
Hungarian households remain financially constrained despite a strong recovery in real wages, with nearly three in ten reporting having no money left at the end of the month.
Eastern flank drone incidents test Nato's defences
Three drone incidents in 36 hours last week highlighted the growing security challenge facing Nato's Black Sea flank.
Chancellor of Justice Ulle Madise set to become Estonia's next president
Madise secures cross-party support from 75 members of Estonia's 101-seat parliament.
Turkish F-16 jets based in Estonia join missions to down Russian drones
Five such aircraft and ground crews were on August 1 dispatched to Estonia's Amari air base.
IntelliNews Lambda: EU gas storage to reach only 77% by November 1, but a crisis depends on the weather
EU gas storage will be about 77% full when the heating season opens on November 1, 12 points below the fifteen-year norm and short of the 90% target. What happens after that will dependend heavily on the weather.
Latvia publishes 'list of shame' of companies trading with Russia, Belarus
List contains 170 companies, including prominent Latvian businesses such as lingerie producer Lauma Lingerie and pharmaceutical company Grindeks.
Asia's nuclear arms race stops being hypothetical
China has told Japan not to test its patience over nuclear weapons, in an exchange that has moved an Asian arms race from something strategists war-game to something foreign ministries now argue about in public. Beijing's warning followed months...
Nato has no plan for a joint Russia-China attack, its own strategists say
The scenario that keeps Western planners awake is easy to describe and, it turns out, almost entirely unstudied: Russia moves on a Nato member while China moves on Taiwan.
Britain's drones are hitting Russian refineries leading to retaliation fears
A British-built drone flying into a refinery outside Moscow is a different kind of object from a British-built missile doing the same thing, and both London and the Kremlin know it.