"This is a victory for freedom and European unity", says EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas
The imminent disconnection of three Baltic states from Russia's power grid is "a victory for freedom and European unity,' the EU foreign policy chief said Friday.
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania will permanently disconnect from Russia’s power grid on Saturday, Kaja Kallas wrote on X, saying that with this move, Russia can no longer use energy as a "tool of blackmail".
Kallas' comments came a day before the historic move.
Nearly three and a half decades after leaving the Soviet Union, the three Baltic nations are permanently disconnecting from Russia’s power grid.
They have stopped buying natural gas from Russia, but their electricity grids are still connected to those of Russia and Belarus amid the ongoing war between Ukraine and Russia.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is expected to be in Vilnius on Sunday for a ceremony that will also be attended by the leaders of the Baltic countries.
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Two top U.S. Army officials have made a rare wartime visit to Kyiv by U.S. President Donald Trump's administration, arriving on an unannounced trip for talks with Ukraine's leaders in an attempt to revive stalled peace talks with Russia, Politico reported on Wednesday.
Russian drones struck apartment buildings in Ukraine's second largest city, Kharkiv, injuring 32 people, including two children, sparking fires and forcing dozens of residents to flee their homes, regional officials said.
Ukraine says it will seek almost $44 billion from Russia to cover the climate damage caused by wartime emissions, marking the first attempt by any nation to bill an aggressor for its carbon footprint during conflict.
Thousands of users in the United States, some parts of Europe and South America on the X (formerly twitter) platform have reported being unable to access the site due to Cloudflare outage.
Emirates Airline is confident in Boeing’s plans for a larger 777X and has ruled out ordering Airbus’s A350-1000 at the Dubai Airshow.
Turkish Defence Minister Yaşar Güler stated on Monday that it would take at least two months to reach initial conclusions and analyse the black box of a Turkish cargo plane that crashed in Georgia last week, resulting in the deaths of 20 soldiers.
China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Tuesday talked up "high-level exchanges" in a call with Japanese counterpart Toshimitsu Motegi, hinting at a potential meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Japan's new premier, Sanae Takaichi.
The Kremlin stated on Monday that it hoped another summit between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump could take place once the necessary preparations had been completed.
Ukraine is pushing its European allies to take a political decision to release a proposed $163-billion loan based on frozen Russian state assets next month, as it frets over a gaping hole in the 2026 budget and fallout from an unfolding corruption scandal.
Start your day informed with AnewZ Morning Brief: here are the top news stories for the 19th of November, covering the latest developments you need to know.
An Indonesian student suspected of carrying out a bomb attack at his school mosque in Jakarta wrote of feeling isolated in his 42-page diary and drew inspiration from a Telegram group glorifying white supremacist attacks, according to new details from police.
The Turkish-operated cargo plane that skidded off the runway at Hong Kong's international airport last month (20 October), killing two airport workers, experienced an acceleration in one of its four engines after landing, an initial investigation has found.
Two top U.S. Army officials have made a rare wartime visit to Kyiv by U.S. President Donald Trump's administration, arriving on an unannounced trip for talks with Ukraine's leaders in an attempt to revive stalled peace talks with Russia, Politico reported on Wednesday.
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