European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, as well as the presidents of Poland and the Baltic states, were to attend a ceremony in Vilnius on Sunday evening along with other dignitaries.

Nearly three and a half decades after leaving the Soviet Union, the Baltic countries of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have ended electricity-grid connections to neighbouring Russia and Belarus ...

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After disconnecting on Saturday from the IPS/UPS network, established by the Soviet Union in the 1950s and now run by Russia, the Baltic nations cut cross-border high-voltage transmission lines in ...

A map showing the Baltic States' power interconnectors with Finland, Poland and Sweden, as well as crossings of power lines to Russia and Belarus that will be disconnected on Feb. 8, 2025.

VILNIUS, Lithuania — The flow of electricity between the Baltic countries of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania and Russia was officially severed Saturday morning after officials switched off the ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia on Sunday celebrated joining the European energy system with a symbolic ...

Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania have officially disconnected their electricity systems from Russia's as the Baltic countries seek closer ties with the European Union and better national security.

VILNIUS: The Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania completed a switch from Russia's electricity grid to the EU's system on Sunday (Feb 9), severing Soviet-era ties amid heightened ...

By disconnecting after 65 years, the Baltic states want to become more independent from Russia. For one day, the power grids operated in island mode. The connection to the European interconnected ...

The Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania are now unplugged from Russia's electricity grid and have joined the European Union's network. Plans for the move - which have been in the works ...

The Baltic Sea region is on high alert following power cable, telecom and gas pipeline outages between the Baltics and Sweden or Finland. All were believed to have been caused by ships dragging ...