Swedish authorities are investigating a tanker that was allegedly sailing under a false flag in the Baltic Sea.

A ship seized by Sweden in its Baltic Sea waters sailed ​under a false flag and was suspected ‌of violating maritime law and the national ship safety act because of its lack of ​seaworthiness, the ...

Policy and military communities began using the term “gray zone” in the early 2010s to describe environments in which states pursue an advantage against a rival without crossing a line that would ...

The Baltic Sea is again a dividing line of Europe. Once a maritime extension of the Iron Curtain that separated the continent into two rival spheres of influence, today Polish Deputy Prime Minister ...

February 18, 2026: Last December a cargo ship in the Gulf of Finland severed a vital telecommunications cable using the ship's anchor. The ship was travelling from Russia to Israel. Finnish special ...

A 17th century Swedish Navy shipwreck buried underwater in central Stockholm for 400 years has suddenly become visible due to unusually low Baltic Sea levels, marking the latest centuries-old vessel ...

The Baltic Sea has been under pressure for decades: Although phosphorus and nitrogen river loads, the main cause for its eutrophication, have been significantly reduced, adverse effects such as algal ...

Since the beginning of January, an unusually long period of easterly winds has caused the average water level in the Baltic Sea to fall to a historic low. Measurements at the Swedish Landsort-Norra ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Stunning video shows skaters following well-used paths on the frozen Baltic Sea in Haapsalu, Estonia, in late January, under the ...

The Coastal States of the Baltic Sea and the North Sea have published an open letter to the international maritime community insisting on the protection of GNSS-based navigtion. The countries point ...

The vast majority of our planet’s oceans remain unexplored, hiding secrets that challenge everything we thought we knew about human history and geology. Every so often, sonar technology or daring deep ...