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Frode Overland Andersen

@foandersen.bsky.social
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Norwegian 🇳🇴. Writing about Europe, foreign policy and things that interest me 😊. Personal account.

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Frode Overland Andersen @foandersen.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
«Men er EØS robust nok til å sikre norske interesser i møte med dagens utfordringer?» spør Oda Sletnes (svaret er verdt å lese) www.altinget.no/artikkel/ing...
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Ingen spør hva Norge mener - Altinget
EØS er grunnmuren i Norges forhold til EU og mer nødvendig enn noen gang. Men er EØS robust nok til å sikre norske interesser i møte med dagens utfordringer? Vi trenger en ærlig samtale om EØS. Nå er ...
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Frode Overland Andersen @foandersen.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
Godt sagt om handel av Glenn Agung Hole i DN: «Trumps siste tollutspill – mot EU og Apple – er ikke økonomisk politikk. Han bruker handel som pressmiddel, ikke for å beskytte amerikansk industri, men for å fremtvinge ettergivenhet.» www.dn.no/innlegg/toll...
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Trump gjør handel til våpen
Trumps siste tollutspill – mot EU og Apple – er ikke økonomisk politikk. Han bruker handel som pressmiddel, ikke for å beskytte amerikansk industri, men for å fremtvinge ettergivenhet.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 11/05/2025
Leaders of Europe
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Norad @norad.no · 02/05/2025
Moldova is one of Europe’s poorest countries, and the war in neighbouring Ukraine has driven energy prices sharply upward. Norwegian support brings warmth to homes in Moldova: www.norad.no/en/thematic-... @undp.org @norwaymfa.government.no
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Norwegian support brings warmth to homes in Moldova | Norad.no
This winter, more than half of Moldova’s households received help with heating costs through a scheme supported by Norway. Moldova is one of Europe’s poorest countries, and the war in neighbouring Ukr...
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Battery electric vehicles are unstoppable now. In these countries BEVs make up more than 1/5 of sales over last 12 months. Numbers will keep going up: Norway 90% Denmark 54% Netherlands 37% Sweden 35% Belgium 31% Finland 31% China 29% Luxembourg 29% Portugal 21% United Kingdom 20% Switzerland 20%
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Mission of Norway to the EU @norwayeu.norway.no · 14/03/2025
Of the 79 acts incorporated into the EEA Agreement today, 28 were on financial services. Several acts are adopted by the EU every year on financial services, regulating new aspects or amending rules. The EEA/EFTA-states and the EU work closely to facilitate incorporation of new acts.
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European Commission @ec.europa.eu · 12/03/2025
We regret the unjustified US 25% tariff on steel and aluminium imports. The EU will protect its consumers and businesses. We are launching swift, proportionate countermeasures worth up to €26 billion, matching the economic impact of the US tariffs. More about our response ↓ europa.eu/!rcMqWy
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Radosław Sikorski @radek-sikorski.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Starlinks for Ukraine are paid for by the Polish Digitization Ministry at the cost of about $50 million per year. The ethics of threatening the victim of aggression apart, if SpaceX proves to be an unreliable provider we will be forced to look for other suppliers.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 02/03/2025
I wrote this before the Oval Office performance, but really, there is nothing to add. It's all still true.
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Frode Overland Andersen @foandersen.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Tydelig melding fra politisk redaktør i @vg.no Frøy Gudbrandsen: Norge må inn i EU www.vg.no/i/8q1O6w?utm...
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Meninger: Norge må inn i EU
Den frie verden er truet. Norske politikere må handle deretter: Nå er tiden for å søke medlemskap i EU.
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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 28/02/2025
Your dignity honors the bravery of the Ukrainian people. Be strong, be brave, be fearless. You are never alone, dear President Zelenskyy. We will continue working with you for a just and lasting peace.
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Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs @norwaymfa.government.no · 24/02/2025
The people of Ukraine have resisted Russia’s full-scale war for 3 long years. Any solution must be just, lasting, and guarantee Ukraine’s full independence, sovereignty and freedom to choose its own path, now and in the future. Norway continues to #StandWithUkraine️
Ukrainian and Norwegian flags. Photo: Martin Siewartz Nielsen
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Frode Overland Andersen @foandersen.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Her er Martin Sandbu presis og god: «Vi må gjennom et mental skifte. Vi må bort fra fristelsen til å se verden som trygg så lenge vi ikke provoserer noen.» Aftenposten (+) : www.aftenposten.no/meninger/kom...
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Atlantismen har utspilt sin rolle etter å ha tjent oss godt i 80 år. Så hva gjør Norge nå?
Les kommentaren.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 23/02/2025
Please share this fact sheet on Ukraine with anyone who needs it understandingwar.org/backgrounder...
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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 17/02/2025
Just arrived in Paris for crucial talks. Europe’s security is at a turning point. Yes, it is about Ukraine—but it is also about us. We need an urgency mindset. We need a surge in defense. And we need both of them now.
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Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs @norwaymfa.government.no · 09/02/2025
Congratulations to Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania on connecting your electricity grid to the European network, ending electricity ties to Russia and Belarus. Norway supports our Baltic friends’ and partners’ efforts to ensure energy security.
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 09/02/2025
The moment Estonia disconnected its power grid from Russia has been shared online. A historic step toward energy independence.
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EUwatch 🇪🇺 @euwatch.live · 06/02/2025
Baltics brace for cyberattacks as they depart Russian electricity grid
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Baltics brace for cyberattacks as they depart Russian electricity grid
A long-planned exit from the BRELL power grid has the Baltic countries preparing for Russian retaliation.
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Alexander Burmo @alexanderburmo.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Nå må dere brette opp ermene @foandersen.bsky.social! Backlogen vokser e24.no/energi-og-kl...
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624 saker på vent: – EØS-avtalen i fare
Sakene fra EU har hopet seg opp under Ap/Sp-regjeringen. Energiminister Terje Aasland frykter at hele EØS-avtalen kan ryke dersom det ikke tas grep.
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European News @eunews.social · 28/01/2025
Virtually no Greenlanders want to join the US, new poll finds Only 6% are in favour of becoming part of the US.
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Virtually no Greenlanders want to join the US, new poll finds
Only 6% are in favour of becoming part of the US.
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 28/01/2025
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen will visit key leaders around Europe in a bid to keep Greenland out of the clutches of Donald Trump.
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Mette Frederiksen’s diplomatic dash to save Greenland from Trump
Danish PM visits Paris, Berlin and Brussels on Tuesday as U.S. president eyes the mineral-rich Arctic island.
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers. This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder. Auschwitz took time.
A bird's-eye view of a former Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp showing a wide dirt pathway flanked by parallel rows of barbed-wire fences. Groups of visitors walk along the path, surrounded by the remnants of brick structures and barracks, now reduced to foundations. Green grass contrasts with the somber history of the site, as the path leads toward a guard tower in the distance.
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Frode Overland Andersen @foandersen.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Hurray. The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs is on Bluesky! @norwaymfa.government.no 🇳🇴
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Frode Overland Andersen @foandersen.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Klokt om Norge, EØS og energi. Debatten må baseres på fakta og hvilke reelle valg Norge står overfor. Anbefalt lesning 👇 www.dn.no/innlegg/ener...
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Debatt: Virkelighetsfjernt i energidebatten
Debatten om EUs fjerde energimarkedspakke bør bli mer faktabasert. Det er ikke et alternativ å være litt med, basert på de reglene vi selv velger.
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EUwatch 🇪🇺 @euwatch.live · 21/01/2025
Europe cannot bow down to the tech oligarchs. Our democracy and rule of law are at stake [Promoted content]
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Europe cannot bow down to the tech oligarchs. Our democracy and rule of law are at stake
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Frode Overland Andersen @foandersen.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
«For at Norge skal lykkes, må Europa lykkes - med å støtte Ukraina og med å styrke sin konkurransekraft og sikkerhet. En aktiv europapolitikk som slutter opp om felles løsninger med våre allierte og partnere, er nøkkelen» e24.no/internasjona...
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Nytt alvor i Europa
Donald og Donald vil få mye å si for Norge og våre interesser dette året.
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Frode Overland Andersen @foandersen.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
Endringer i islendingenes holdning til EU 🇪🇺. Ja-siden øker (+15%)og antall «vet ikke» faller (-10%) fra 2021 til 2024 www.linkedin.com/posts/werner...
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Werner Miguel Kühn (Dr. iur.) on LinkedIn: #euaccession
🇮🇸 Iceland’s Highest Ever Support for EU Accession!🇪🇺 📊 The latest poll on Icelandic #EUAccession shows 45.3% of Icelanders would vote to join the EU…
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 17/01/2025
EU tech regulators are deepening their investigation of Elon Musk’s X after his repeated attacks on European governments, just days before Donald Trump takes office as US president.
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EU steps up scrutiny of X as anger grows over Musk’s political meddling
Musk has made major interventions to back far-right figures in Germany and Britain.
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Mick Ryan @warinthefuture.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
This is an excellent piece from Phillips O’Brien on Russian sabotage and other aspects of its hybrid operations in Europe. This form of strategic coercion is a method that the authoritarian learning community is sharing with each other across the globe. www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
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A Wider War Has Already Started in Europe
Putin’s not-so-quiet sabotage campaign against European democracies
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
2024 was the world's hottest year on record, experts say, as Earth was recorded warming by more than 1.5 degrees Celsius for the first time. We urgently need to speed up the transition away from fossil fuels.
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Alberto Nardelli @albertonardelli.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
The EU is considering restrictions on Russian aluminium and LNG www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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EU Considers Gradual Ban on Russian LNG and Aluminum
The European Union is considering import restrictions on Russian aluminum and phasing out liquefied natural gas from the nation as part of a new package of sanctions targeting Moscow for its full-scal...
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Olga Lautman 🇺🇦 @olgalautman.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Crew on board an oil tanker accused of sabotaging undersea power and communications cables in the Baltic Sea were poised to cut other cables and pipelines when Finnish authorities boarded the vessel last month www.reuters.com/world/europe...
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Oil tanker sabotage crew were poised to cut more cables when caught, Finland says
Crew on board an oil tanker accused of sabotaging undersea power and communications cables in the Baltic Sea were poised to cut other cables and pipelines when Finnish authorities boarded the vessel last month, the head of the Finnish investigation said.
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EUwatch 🇪🇺 @euwatch.live · 14/01/2025
EU cider definition becomes ‘apple of discord’ for Nordic countries
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EU cider definition becomes 'apple of discord' for Nordic countries
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Christian Thiels @christianthiels.eurosky.social · 12/01/2025
ICYMI: "German authorities have said an oil tanker stuck in German waters belongs to Russia's 'shadow fleet', which Berlin says is used to avoid sanctions." @bbcnews-world-rss.bsky.social www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Germany says Russian 'shadow' oil tanker stuck in Baltic Sea
Germany's foreign minister accused Moscow of "deploying a fleet of rusty tankers" to avoid sanctions.
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Frode Overland Andersen @foandersen.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
Her er Hanne Skartveit god @vg.no: Sikkerhet er blitt et sterkt argument for EU-medlemskap for Norge 🇳🇴 . www.vg.no/i/B0qLrl?utm...
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Meninger: EU kan sikre oss mot Trump
Med Donald Trumps utspill om Grønland og Canada, trenger Norge enda mer enn før å gå inn i EU.
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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
🚨🚨 I think this quite extraordinary announcement before Christmas went slightly off the radar: "Iceland's incoming government says it will put EU membership to referendum by 2027". via @euronews.com www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
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Iceland says it will put EU membership to referendum by 2027
Iceland has traditionally been ambivalent about joining the bloc but issues like the 2008 financial crisis, Brexit and a range of domestic issues has meant the country is slowly warming to the idea of...
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Bjørn Johan Berger @bjornjberger.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Finland har med hjelp fra Sverige funnet og hentet opp ankeret fra Eagle S - fartøyet som ødela kablene i Finskebukten. yle.fi/a/7-10070140
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Eagle S ankare har hittats
Finländska myndigheter har beslagtagit ankaret som saknats från oljefartyget Eagle S. Fartyget är misstänkt för kabelsabotaget i Finska viken som drabbade Finland och Estland på juldagen.
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Frode Overland Andersen @foandersen.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Kjetil Wiedswang i DN skriver godt om strømpopulisme: "Populister til høyre og venstre gir enkle svar på vanskelige spørsmål. Det kan vinne stemmer. Det som kommer etterpå, blir fort komplisert." www.dn.no/politikk/str...
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Boris Johnson og strømkontrollen (+)
Strømpolitikk er enkelt. Helt til den skal omsettes i praksis.
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Janine Gibson @janinegibson.ft.com · 04/01/2025
Heralding 2025 as the Year of Trade and Gillian Tett is exactly the writer to prime you. An essay so good youll feel like an economist on.ft.com/4gYXPYs
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
How will offshore wind develop until 2033? @gwec.bsky.social projects the upcoming offshore wind installations for each region in their Global Offshore Wind Report 2024. Here’s a useful infographic showing where new offshore wind capacity is expected to be installed.
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Frode Overland Andersen @foandersen.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
EVs accounted for 89% of new car sales in Norway 🇳🇴 in 2024 vs 82% in 2023 www.reuters.com/business/aut...
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In Norway, nearly all new cars sold in 2024 were fully electric
Nine out of ten new cars sold in Norway last year were powered by battery only, registration data showed on Thursday, placing the country within reach of its target of only adding cars that are electric on the road by 2025.
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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.eu · 01/01/2025
Let’s make 2025 the year in which other Europeans and NATO become more like the Finns. Finland seizes a tanker, getting tough on hybrid warfare econ.st/4gBufbL
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Finland seizes a tanker, getting tough on hybrid warfare
Russian-linked attacks on undersea infrastructure are rising
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Steve Rosenberg @bbcstever.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
A quarter of a century ago Boris Yeltsin told Vladimir Putin to "take care of Russia." Has he? My piece for BBC News.
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Putin reaches 25 years in charge of Russia, but has he 'taken care' of country, asks Steve Rosenberg
Over a quarter of a century in power we've seen many different Putins, says the BBC's Russia editor.
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Frode Overland Andersen @foandersen.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
Elon Musk med mer støtte til AfD (ytre høyre) i den tyske valgkampen…
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Reuters @reuters.com · 27/12/2024
NATO said it would boost its presence in the Baltic Sea after the suspected sabotage this week of an undersea power cable and four internet lines, while alliance member Estonia launched a naval operation to guard a parallel electricity link reut.rs/4iLzBm6
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NATO to boost Baltic Sea presence after power, internet cable damage
NATO said on Friday it would boost its presence in the Baltic Sea after the suspected sabotage this week of an undersea power cable and four internet lines, while alliance member Estonia launched a naval operation to guard a parallel electricity link.
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Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 26/12/2024
Two Azerbaijanis briefed on a government inquiry said that Azerbaijani officials now believe that a Russian Pantsir-S defense system damaged the plane, causing it to crash land and resulting in 38 deaths. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/26/w...
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Azerbaijan Airlines Crash Investigators Focus on Russian Defenses as Possible Cause
Russian aviation authorities said the Azerbaijan Airlines plane had hit a flock of birds. But some experts cast doubt on that account, pointing to footage showing apparent holes in the fuselage.
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Kaja Kallas @kajakallas.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
The incident involving undersea cables in the Baltic Sea is the latest in a series of suspected attacks on critical infrastructure. We commend the Finnish authorities for their swift action in boarding the suspected vessel. My joint statement → europa.eu/!k6cCfB (1/3)
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Joint Statement by the European Commission and the High Representative on the Investigation into Damaged Electricity and Data Cables in the Baltic Sea
Yesterday’s incident involving undersea cables in the Baltic Sea is the latest in a series of suspected attacks on critical infrastructure. We commend the Finnish authorities for their swift action in...
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