Baltic Sea

... all over Scandinavia, and they were so heavy that their weight warped the surface of the earth, pushing it down into the viscous mantle. When the ice melted, "post-glacial rebound" began, and Scandinavia is still rising at a rate of about 9 millimeters a year, three times faster than the Baltic Sea is rising.

Estonia says a Russian military cargo plane has violated its airspace near Vaindloo Island in the Baltic Sea. The incident on March 12 was the first alleged airspace violation of Estonia by a Russian plane this year after the Baltic nation reported several similar intrusions in 2017 and 2016. Estonia's military ...

Poland, whose oil company Lotos is already extracting oil in western Lithuania, is interested in exploring oil deposits in Lithuania's territorial waters in the Baltic Sea as well, the neighboring country's prime minister said on Friday in Vilnius.

WASHINGTON - NATO would be overwhelmed by superior Russian firepower in the event of war in Eastern Europe, despite years of trying to strengthen its forces in the region, analysts from U.S. think tank RAND Corporation have warned. If war were to break out, the report warns, Russia could quickly ...

Turkish scrap import prices inched lower on Friday March 9 on news of a fresh trade. A steel mill in the Marmara region of Turkey booked a Baltic Sea cargo late on Thursday March 8, comprising 28,000 tonnes of HMS 1&2 (80:20) at $375.25 per tonne and 7,000 tonnes of bonus at $385.75 per tonne cfr. Metal Bulletin's ...

BRUSSELS - High-level representatives of the Baltic Sea countries meet in Brussels on 6 March to discuss state and future of the Baltic marine environment. Talks focus on how to achieve a healthy Baltic Sea in light of current regional targets and global goals. The 2021 target year of the HELCOM Baltic ...

HELSINKI, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Two freighters collided on ice-covered sea east of Helsinki on Sunday, the Finnish coast guard reported. The ships were moving from the east to the west in a lane opened by an icebreaker. The first ship sailing under the Netherlands' flag got stuck in the ice and the following ...

On December 6, 2017, Swedbank published a report on the Baltic Sea Region entitled “Heart-warming growth is a poor excuse to postpone reforms.” The report includes a chapter on Universal Basic Income, wherein the bank models the current economic feasibility of UBI in the Baltics. Swedbank is a bank ...

Russia to launch military satellite in WEEKS as Putin sends missiles to Baltic Sea ... to launch a military satellite into space in a matter of weeks as World War Three fears continue to escalate, just days after Vladimir Putin's forces placed missiles “that threaten half of Europe” in a Baltic Sea port town. By Tom ...

World War 3: Russia deploys nuclear-capable missiles to Baltic Sea as NATO sends jets. RUSSIA has deployed advanced nuclear-capable ballistic missiles to its Kaliningrad exclave on the Baltic Sea, a Russian official has confirmed following the deployment of several military jets by NATO. By Nicole ...

Nato military jets scrambled to Baltic Sea as Russia tensions escalate. NATO military jets from the US, Germany and Denmark have been deployed to the Baltic sea amid rising tensions with Russia, flight monitors confirm. By Lloyd Johnson. PUBLISHED: 10:35, Thu, Feb 1, 2018 | UPDATED: 11:57, Thu, Feb 1, 2018.

NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – By analyzing more than three dozen ancient genomes from the Baltic Sea region, researchers have been trying to put together a picture of the prehistoric population history of the area. Sweden, they found, was likely settled in two waves, one from the north and one from the ...

"United Grain Company" considers a possibility of building the specialized grain terminal in the Baltic Sea Basin. Currently, the negotiations are hold on possibilities of locating the terminal in Bronka (St. Petersburg) or in Primorsk port, reports UkrAgroConsult. Specialized grain terminal in the Baltics can ...

BRUSSELLS - With three years remaining to reach the original deadline for a healthy Baltic Sea in 2021, the Ministers of the Environment and High-Level Representatives of the nine Baltic coastal countries and the European Union, met yesterday in Brussels, Belgium, and agreed on new commitments for ...