Sweden says latest Baltic Sea cable cut was not sabotage
2 days ago · Senior prosecutor Mats Ljungqvist, from Sweden’s National Security Unit, said in a statement Monday that the vessel that broke an undersea fiber optic cable between Latvia and Sweden on Jan. 26 “clearly” did not do so as an act of sabotage.
Baltic undersea cable likely damaged by external force, Latvia says
Jan 26, 2025 · An undersea fiber optic cable between Latvia and Sweden was damaged on Sunday, likely as a result of external influence, Latvia said, triggering an investigation by local and NATO maritime forces ...
Latvia–Sweden relations - Wikipedia
Latvia has an embassy in Stockholm while Sweden has an embassy in Riga. Both countries border the Baltic Sea and are members of the European Union, the Nordic-Baltic Eight, the Council of Europe and NATO, among other organisations. Latvia supported Sweden's NATO membership during Sweden's accession into NATO, which was finalized on 7 March 2024.
Sweden opens sabotage probe into Baltic undersea cable damage
Jan 26, 2025 · An undersea fibre optic cable between Latvia and Sweden was damaged on Sunday, likely as a result of external influence, Latvia said, prompting NATO to deploy patrol ships to the area and ...
Sweden seizes vessel suspected of 'sabotage' after undersea data …
Jan 26, 2025 · Sweden has opened a preliminary investigation into suspected aggravated “sabotage” and ordered the detention of a vessel in the Baltic Sea suspected of damaging an underwater fiber optic cable connecting Latvia and the Swedish island of Gotland earlier that day.
Latvia: Undersea cable likely damaged by external influence
Jan 27, 2025 · Sweden later said it seized a vessel believed to have carried out the sabotage. After a fiber optic cable was damaged near Sweden, Latvia sent a patrol boat to inspect a suspicious vessel in the ...
Sweden seizes ship after suspected Baltic Sea cable sabotage - BBC
Jan 27, 2025 · Latvian Prime Minister Evika Silina said her country was working closely with Sweden and Nato in response to the incident. The cable belongs to Latvia's state broadcaster, LVRTC, which said in a ...
Undersea cable between Latvia and Sweden damaged by …
Jan 26, 2025 · Meanwhile, Ulf Kristersson, Sweden’s prime minister, said his country was co-operating closely with Latvia and Nato allies. “Sweden will contribute important capabilities to the ongoing effort ...
Swedish forces arrive in Latvia in largest deployment with NATO …
Jan 18, 2025 · WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Hundreds of Swedish troops arrived in Latvia on Saturday to join a Canadian-led multinational brigade along NATO’s eastern flank, a mission Sweden is calling its most significant operation so far as a …
Baltic undersea cable between Latvia and Sweden damaged by …
Jan 26, 2025 · VILNIUS - An undersea fibre optic cable between Latvia and Sweden was damaged on Jan 26, likely as a result of external influence, Latvia said, adding its navy had dispatched a patrol boat to ...