TRUMP SAYS U.S. 'VERY PROTECTIVE' OF BALTIC REGION

We are very protective of that region, Trump said at a joint news conference with visiting Finland President Sauli Niinisto... READ MORE›

'A VERY PROVOCATIVE ACTION': CANADA'S WAR GAMES IN THE BALTICS IRK SENIOR RUSSIAN OFFICIAL

That led the Trudeau government to commit more than 350 million dollars to send Canadian troops to lead the NATO force in Latvia for three years... READ MORE›

SOCIAL DUMPING CONTINUES DESPITE GERMANY'S RECENT EFFORTS

But as Anne Maillet and Jessica Saltz report, the much-criticised practice seems to be continuing... READ MORE›

RUSSIA SAYS RESERVES RIGHT TO RETALIATE OVER NEW EU SANCTIONS

The EU on Friday imposed sanctions on three more Russians, including Deputy Energy Minister Andrei Cherezov, and three Russian companies over the delivery of Siemens turbines to Moscow-annexed Crimea... READ MORE›

RUSSIA SAYS RESERVES RIGHT TO RETALIATE OVER NEW EU SANCTIONS

The EU on Friday imposed sanctions on three more Russians, including Deputy Energy Minister Andrei Cherezov, and three Russian companies over the delivery of Siemens turbines to Moscow-annexed Crimea... READ MORE›

NATO JETS VIOLATE FINLAND AIRSPACE WHILE INTERCEPTING RUSSIAN PLANES

Two NATO jets which were intercepting Russian planes over neutral waters near Estonia briefly violated Finnish airspace, the alliance said... READ MORE›

MIKE PENCE REASSURES BALTIC STATES OVER RUSSIA 'THREAT'

US Vice-President Mike Pence has reaffirmed Washington's commitment to the security of the Baltic states if they face any aggression from Russia... READ MORE›

PENCE STARTS BALTIC SWING TO ASSURE NATO ALLIES 'AMERICA FIRST' DOESN'T MEAN 'AMERICA ALONE'

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence arrived Sunday in Estonia for meetings with the presidents of three Baltic nations in Northeastern Europe, the first stop of... READ MORE›

PENCE SKETCHES POSSIBLE PATRIOT DEPLOYMENT IN ESTONIA, VOWS US SUPPORT

We talked about the upcoming Russian military manoeuvres near the Estonian border..... READ MORE›

PENCE SKETCHES POSSIBLE PATRIOT DEPLOYMENT IN ESTONIA, VOWS US SUPPORT

We talked about the upcoming Russian military manoeuvres near the Estonian border..... READ MORE›

US VICE PRESIDENT PENCE STARTS BALTIC TOUR IN ESTONIA

In Tallinn, Pence will meet Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid and her Lithuanian and Latvian counterparts, Dalia Grybauskaite and Raimonds Vejonis... READ MORE›

US VICE PRESIDENT PENCE STARTS BALTIC TOUR IN ESTONIA

In Tallinn, Pence will meet Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid and her Lithuanian and Latvian counterparts, Dalia Grybauskaite and Raimonds Vejonis... READ MORE›

MIKE PENCE IN ESTONIA TO EASE RUSSIA CONCERNS IN BALTIC

Relations between Moscow and Tallinn have been fraught since Estonia broke free from the Soviet Union in 1991, joining both the EU and NATO in 2004... READ MORE›

VLADIMIR PUTIN'S PLANE MADE DETOUR AVOIDING NATO MEMBERS POLAND, BELARUS ON WAY TO G20

Vladimir Putin's plane made detour avoiding NATO members Poland, Belarus on way to G20 Reports... READ MORE›

PUTIN PLANE MAKES DETOUR AVOIDING POLAND, BALTICS ON WAY TO G20

Poland and the Baltic states of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia have been particularly vocal in their criticism of Moscow since Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014... READ MORE›

NATO JET IN ALTERCATION WITH RUSSIAN DEFENCE MINISTER'S PLANE

Russian defence minister's plane 'buzzed' by Nato jet over Baltic Sea... READ MORE›

NATO JET WARNED OFF AFTER APPROACHING PLANE CARRYING RUSSIAN DEFENCE MINISTER

NATO jet warned off after approaching plane carrying Russian defence minister report... READ MORE›

NATO JET WARNED OFF AFTER APPROACHING PLANE CARRYING RUSSIAN DEFENCE MINISTER

NATO jet warned off after approaching plane carrying Russian defence minister report... READ MORE›

NATO JET WARNED OFF AFTER APPROACHING PLANE CARRYING RUSSIAN DEFENCE MINISTER

NATO jet warned off after approaching plane carrying Russian defence minister report... READ MORE›

RUSSIAN DEFENCE MINISTER'S PLANE 'BUZZED' BY NATO JET

Nato has beefed up its military presence in Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, in the wake of Russia's seizure and annexation Ukraine's Crimean peninsula in 2014... READ MORE›

IN FIRST NATO WAR GAME DEFENDS BALTIC WEAK SPOT

If seized by Russia, it would cut off Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania... READ MORE›

'WE ARE NOT ONLY GUARDING LATVIA'S BORDER BUT ALL OF EUROPE'

Vilaka, Latvia, is located on the Russian border, about 250 kilometres east of Riga, where Canadian troops are deployed... READ MORE›

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BRITAIN TO SEND HUNDREDS MORE TROOPS TO RUSSIA BORDER AS COLD WAR TENSION ESCALATES ACROSS EUROPE

Britain will send hundreds more troops close to Russia rsquo... READ MORE›

US TANKS AND TROOPS IN POLAND A THREAT, RUSSIA SAYS

The troops are part of President Barack Obama's response to reassure Nato allies concerned about a more aggressive Russia... READ MORE›

US POISED TO PUT HEAVY WEAPONRY IN EAST EUROPE

Putin, that the United States would defend the alliance's members closest to the Russian frontier... READ MORE›

THESE MAPS SHOW HOW RUSSIA HAS EUROPE SPOOKED

Bastion land-based coastal-defense missile launchers In October, Russia beefed up its anti-shipping defenses in Kaliningrad with these launchers... READ MORE›

'NATO CALLS RUSSIA AN AGGRESSOR, AT THE SAME TIME RUSSIA FINDS ITSELF SURROUNDED BY NATO TROOPS'

RT The German company Optronic HR confirmed recruiting Russian speakers for upcoming NATO drills involving US troops... READ MORE›

US TANKS ARRIVE IN GERMANY FOR NATO MISSION IN EUROPE

Hundreds of military vehicles will be transported to eastern Europe in NATO buildup that could increase Russia tensions... READ MORE›

EXPECT MORE FAKE NEWS FROM RUSSIA, TOP NATO GENERAL SAYS

There he will outline why NATO believes its biggest military build-up since the end of the Cold War is not a threat to the Kremlin... READ MORE›

RUSSIA AND NATO 'ACTIVELY PREPARING FOR WAR'

The preparations include major military exercises by both Russia and Nato that appear designed exclusively to respond to one another's capabilities and potential war plans... READ MORE›

THE UNITED STATES MUST JOIN EUROPE TO RESIST RUSSIA'S MEDDLING

Russian intelligence leaders don't have many U.S. assets to freeze... READ MORE›

POORER THAN GREECE: THE EU COUNTRIES THAT REJECT A NEW ATHENS BAILOUT

In Latvia and Lithuania, pensioners and other poor people wonder why they are being asked to pay to bail out their far richer Greek counterparts... READ MORE›

PUTIN COULD ATTACK BALTIC STATES WARNS FORMER NATO CHIEF

Its Baltic Air Policing Mission intercepted 150 incursions into NATO airspace by Russian aircraft last year... READ MORE›

AS GLOBAL AXIS OF POWER SHIFTS, A COLD WIND BLOWS THROUGH THE BALTIC STATES

After 25 years of independence, Lithuania worries that Nato splits and US isolationism might open the door to Russian aggression... READ MORE›

US TO SHIP 1,600 TANKS TO DUTCH ARMS DEPOT IN 'CLEAR MESSAGE' TO RUSSIA

Russian officials, meanwhile, have consistently warned that aggressive NATO maneuvers near Russian territory could undermine regional security... READ MORE›

RUSSIA MOVES NUCLEAR-CAPABLE MISSILES TO NATO DOORSTEP

Lithuania and Poland have expressed concerns as Russia confirmed the deployment of nuclear-capable Iskander missiles into its Kaliningrad outpost that borders the two NATO members... READ MORE›

RUSSIA WARNS DENMARK ITS WARSHIPS COULD BECOME NUCLEAR TARGETS

Germany, Poland, Lithuania, the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad, Latvia, Estonia, Finland, Sweden and Denmark all border the Baltic Sea... READ MORE›

RUSSIA THREATENS TO USE 'NUCLEAR FORCE' OVER CRIMEA AND THE BALTIC STATES

Russia threatens to use nuclear force over crimea and the baltic states... READ MORE›

THE PUTIN-TRUMP KISS BEING SHARED AROUND THE WORLD

Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. presidential hopeful Donald Trump are kissing on the side of a barbecue restaurant in Vilnius, Lithuania... READ MORE›

U.S. SENATORS VISIT BALTICS TO REASSURE AHEAD OF TRUMP PRESIDENCY

McCain and Graham asked Trump to take a tough line against Russia over what they termed its military land grab in Ukraine... READ MORE›

NATO TESTED BY RUSSIA RAISES ITS GUARD AND ITS TONE

NATO officials have been discussing whether to keep the batteries in Turkey, given Russia's actions, but Mr. Stoltenberg played down that possibility... READ MORE›

NATO RETURNS ITS ATTENTION TO AN OLD ADVERSARY RUSSIA

I don't think we're in the Cold War again... READ MORE›

PUTIN IS NOT JUST A SIDESHOW WHEN HE'S YOUR NEIGHBOR

Since his election, President Trump has done little to halt the growing confidence of Russian President Vladimir Putin... READ MORE›

CALL TO DOUBLE MONITORS IN UKRAINE

They claim anti-EU television and media propaganda is targeting the minority Russian speakers in the Baltic states... READ MORE›

CLOSE MILITARY ENCOUNTERS BETWEEN RUSSIA AND THE WEST AT COLD WAR LEVELS

Black Sea encounter On 7 September, the Canadian frigate Toronto was buzzed by a Russian aircraft in the Black Sea with the plane coming within 300 metres... READ MORE›

The number of intercepts of Russian military aircraft approaching Western airspace has tripled compared with 2013, British researchers said in November, citing NATO officials... READ MORE›

A BRAWL OVER CHRISTMAS TREE BRAGGING RIGHTS

RIGA, Latvia -- In the Baltics, there may be no war on Christmas but there's a pretty prickly one over the tree... READ MORE›

RUSSIA SAYS WILL RETALIATE IF U.S. WEAPONS STATIONED ON ITS BORDERS

MOSCOW WARSAW A plan by Washington to station tanks and heavy weapons in NATO states on Russia's border would be the most aggressive U.S... READ MORE›

'EUROPEANS NEVER TOLD THAT RUSSIA VIEWS NATO'S EASTWARD EXPANSION AS SERIOUS THREAT'

'Europeans never told that Russia views NATO's eastward expansion as serious threat'... READ MORE›

NATO'S SCAREMONGERING ABOUT 'RUSSIA THREAT' TO BALTIC STATES 'IS ALL ABOUT MONEY'

It was hybrid warfare with the little green men in Crimea... READ MORE›

NATO LAUNCHES LARGEST AIRBORNE DRILLS IN EUROPE SINCE END OF COLD WAR

It said the exercise marks the first time the US 82nd Airborne Division has operated in Europe since supporting Nato operations in Kosovo in 1999... READ MORE›

BUILDING BALTICS WALLS OVER FEARS OF PUTIN -- AND A TRUMP PRESIDENCY

And in Kaliningrad, the Russian enclave wedged between Lithuania and Poland, the country's military installed nuclear-capable Iskander missiles in 2016... READ MORE›