Sweden clears final hurdle to join NATO as Hungary approves accession
Budapest, Hungary/Stockholm, Sweden Reuters Hungary’s parliament approved Sweden’s NATO accession on Monday, clearing the last hurdle before the historic step by the Nordic country whose neutrality lasted through two world wars and the simmering conflict of the Cold War. Hungary’s vote ended months of delays to complete Sweden’s security policy shift and followed a visit […]
Wow!: In Baltic Sea, citizen divers restore seagrass to fight climate change
LISI NIESNER and SARAH MARSH, of Reuters, report on how a new project is training local citizens to restore seagrass meadows in the Baltic Sea…
Tiny Baltic island finds itself ‘a pawn’ in Nord Stream gas drama
Christiansö in the Baltic Sea, Denmark Reuters Inhabitants of the tiny island of Christiansö in the Baltic Sea found themselves in the glare of global media attention this week after reports alleging a boat moored off the rocky outcrop was used to blow up the Nord Stream gas pipelines. “Practically the entire world called me […]
Archaeologists find well-preserved 500-year-old spices on Baltic shipwreck
Lund, Sweden Reuters Archaeologists say they have uncovered a “unique” cache of well-preserved spices, from strands of saffron to peppercorns and ginger, on the wreck of a royal ship that sunk off Sweden’s Baltic coast more than 500 years ago. The wreck of the Gribshund, owned by King Hans of Denmark and Norway, has lain […]
Distant rumble of Ukraine war disturbs calm of Baltic islands
Mariehamn, Finland Reuters The fighting may be more than 2,000 kilometres away across sea and land, but on their remote, rocky outcrop off the southern coast of Finland, the inhabitants of Aland fear the Russian invasion of Ukraine could change their lives for good. The war has turned decades of European security policy on its […]