Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Saltwater inflows from the North Sea are vital for counteracting oxygen depletion in the Baltic Sea, but not all inflows are equally beneficial. Two distinct ...

GINTS IVUSKANS / AFP Blinded by a certain arrogance, European powers have often shown polite indifference to the Baltic states' warnings of the Russian threat, despite the fact that history and ...

Poland and the Baltic states plan to withdraw from an international convention banning the use of landmines, citing potential military threats from neighbouring Russia. The defence ministers of ...

For decades the Baltic Sea has served as a delicate buffer zone between a growing number of NATO members and Russia, more recently becoming a new front line for symmetric and asymmetric threats ...

Quitting the 1997 treaty, which has been ratified or acceded to by more than 160 nations, will allow Poland and the three Baltic countries to start stockpiling and using landmines again.

Poland and the Baltic states have taken a first step towards quitting a treaty banning anti-personnel mines, citing an increased security threat from Russia following its invasion of Ukraine.