European coastal countries working together to address Russia’s ‘shadow fleet’
Twelve European countries on the coasts of the North Sea and the Baltic Sea met in Helsinki and Tallinn to…
Baltic Sea: EU Council agrees on fishing catch limits for 2025
The EU Council today reached a political agreement on new limits on fish catches for the Baltic Sea's key fish…
Baltic Sea: EU Commission proposes fishing opportunities for 2025
The European Commission proposed today the total allowable catches (TACs) and quotas for nine out of the ten stocks managed…
Finland, Estonia and Sweden emphasise the importance of resilient European submarine infrastructure
The telecommunications ministers of Finland, Estonia and Sweden stress that the resilience of critical underwater infrastructure is now more important…
EU Agriculture and Fisheries Council: Main results on 23 October 2023
The consequences of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, adverse weather conditions in certain regions, high energy prices and a…
Finland’s President and Ministerial Committee discuss underwater infrastructure and security
On Friday 20 October, the President of the Republic and the Ministerial Committee on Foreign and Security Policy received a…
Sweden: Joint statement by JEF leaders
The accession of Finland and Sweden to NATO fundamentally strengthens the Alliance and the JEF, bringing greater operational synergies. We…
NATO Defence Ministers discuss deterrence, missions, Middle East
On deterrence and defence, Allies discussed the next steps in operationalising NATO’s new defence plans, including by assigning forces, developing…
Healthy seas: EU Commission leads common efforts to improve state of Baltic Sea
Today, Commissioner Sinkevičius is hosting the second edition of the ‘Our Baltic' Conference to address pressing environmental challenges in the Baltic Sea. The high-level conference gathers…
EU Commission: Our Baltic conference
#OurBaltic 29 September 2023 The European Commission is organising the 2nd edition of the Our Baltic Conference in...
Finland: JEF Chiefs of Defence met in Helsinki
London, 12 April 2023 The Chiefs discussed Baltic Sea and the High North security, the...
Baltic Sea: EU Council agrees catch limits for 2023
Brussels, 17 October 2022 Agriculture and Fisheries ministers reach a political agreement on Baltic Sea...
Nordic Ministers of Defence on Nord Stream pipelines incident
Stockholm, 30 September 2022 The Nordic defence ministers convened for a virtual consultation on 30...
Statement by the North Atlantic Council on the damage to gas pipelines
Brussels, 29 September 2022 PR (2022) 129 Issued on 29 September 2022 The NATO Invitees...
Nordic and Baltic prime ministers to meet in Denmark on 30 August
Helsinki, 24 August 2022 The prime ministers of the Nordic and Baltic countries will meet...
Species recovering: EU Commission proposes fishing opportunities for 2023 in the Baltic Sea
Brussels, 23 August 2022 Today, the European Commission adopted its proposal for fishing opportunities...
Sweden and Estonia: Talks on security in the Baltic Sea region
Minister for Defence Peter Hultqvist visited the Gotland Regiment (P 18) on 23 March, together...
Clean and healthy Baltic Sea: EU Commission signs up to updated regional action plan
20 October 2021 At a ministerial meeting held today in Lübeck, Germany, the contracting parties of the...