An undersea data cable between Latvia and Sweden was damaged early on January 26, the latest in a series of similar incidents in the Baltic Sea in which critical seabed energy and communications lines are believed to have been severed by ships traveling to or from Russian ports.

Finland’s President Alexander Stubb said there’s no conclusion yet on whether recent repeated damage to undersea cables in the Baltic Sea was sabotage.

Russia has condemned the Western alliance for ramping up its naval presence in the so-called 'NATO lake' after alleged sabotage by Moscow-linked vessels.

NATO on Tuesday launched operation Baltic Sentry to deter further attempts to damage critical underwater infrastructure in the Baltic Sea. Secretary General Mark Rutte announced the operation on Tuesday in a joint press conference with Finland President Alexander Stubb and Estonia Prime Minister Kristen Michal at the Baltic Sea NATO Allies Summit held in Helsinki,

Sweden detained a vessel suspected of damaging a subsea data cable connecting it with Latvia, the third such incident in the Baltic Sea in the past three months.Most Read from BloombergTexas HOA Charged With Discrimination for Banning Section 8 RentersBudapest Mayor Aims to Block Orban’s Plans to Build ‘Mini Dubai’What Happened to Hanging Out on the Street?

Finnish President Alexander Stubb discusses the ongoing investigation into underwater cable breaches in the Baltic Sea and NATO presence in the region. Speaking to Bloomberg's Stephanie Flanders, he also talks about the new Donald Trump administration and peace prospects in Ukraine.

An emerging consensus among U.S. and European security services holds that accidents were the cause of damage to Baltic seabed energy and communications lines.

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That has not happened so far, as Stubb and Orpo are close and share a background in the National Coalition Party. But Finland's political class is acutely aware of the issue, thanks to the hard work it took to unwind the concentration of power under president Urho Kekkonen between 1956 and 1981.

This is an audio transcript of the Rachman Review podcast episode: ‘Finland’s president on Europe in a Trumpian world’

A defence spending target of 3% of GDP is more likely than the 5% aim pushed by US President Donald Trump, say members of the parliamentary Defence Committee.

Here is a selection of what the international press has published about Finland in the last week: Transcript: Finland’s president on Europe in a Trumpian world Finnish President Alexander Stubb’s views on Europe’s strategic role amid Russia’s aggression in Ukraine and Donald Trump’s return to the White House were covered in an article published in Financial Times on3.