At a time when the eight NATO nations bordering the Baltic Sea are on high alert after ... they are supposed to be positioned. Other red flags include if a ship quickly changes speed or is ...

Poland Calls for Sanctions on Captains of Ships Damaging Baltic Cables BRUSSELS (Reuters ... Sikorski said Poland, which holds the European Union's rotating presidency, wanted the proposal ...

As ageing and deficient tankers in the "Russian shadow fleet" traffic the shallow waters of the Baltic Sea ... They often sail under the flags of states such as Gabon, Liberia and the Cook ...

European countries are considering seizing Russian oil tankers in the Baltic Sea following incidents ... citing European Union diplomats and government officials. There have been incidents such ...

They often sail under the flags of states ... and exit to the Baltic Sea just by blocking what is basically three kilometres (less than two miles) of a bridge”, but illegal under international law.

But the fact these vessels are largely older, with opaque ownership structures and nontraditional flag states ... with the head of the port pilots union warning of “potentially catastrophic ...

Moscow also alleged that European intelligence services and Ukraine intend to "assassinate Russian opposition figures abroad" and blame Russia.

The Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania completed a switch from Russia's electricity grid to the EU's system on ...