Minna Ålander a Non-resident Fellow with the Transatlantic Defence and Security Program at the Centre for European Policy ...

Increased Military Presence in the Baltic Sea Latvia’s Prime Minister has clearly stated that the country is ready to defend ...

RIGA - If Finland or Estonia invokes NATO's Article 4, which commits member states to consult together whenever, in the opinion of any of them, the territorial integrity, political independence or ...

"What you are asking is whether I'm worried that Russia would invade NATO and no, I don't think Russia would do that. Because that would mean a lot more complications than it is having already ...

NATO said on Friday it would boost its presence in the Baltic Sea after the suspected sabotage this week of an undersea power ...

Dec 10 (Reuters) - Russia would not invade NATO as it has too many complications with the fighting in Ukraine, Latvian Foreign Minister Baiba Braze said in an interview at the Reuters NEXT ...

European leaders are making clear ahead of the Trump presidency that they plan to spend more on defense as Russia remains a ...

NATO maintains multinational battlegroups in eight nations close to Russia - namely Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Hungary, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland - but these troops form the ...

The leaders of Finland, Latvia and Estonia tell The Independent that Ukraine’s victory against Russia is paramount to the defence of a poorly-armed Europe ...

NATO sources told the Finnish newspaper Iltalehti that Russia will try to create a 'buffer zone' stretching from the Arctic to the Mediterranean Sea.

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