How do you prosecute a tanker that changed its flag nine times?
The Flora 1 had taken up to six names and flown up to nine different flags. Sweden couldn’t prove it spilled the oil.
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Sweden finds a 12 km oil slick east of Gotland — boards sanctioned “shadow fleet” tanker
The Flora 1, which has unclear flag status and was sailing from a Gulf of Finland port toward an unknown destination, now sits at anchor near Ystad as prosecutors lead an environmental crime investigation.
Two Baltic cables hit in days—Russia’s sabotage war ramps up underwater
Authorities in Latvia launched a criminal probe after another critical telecom line was damaged near Liepāja just days after another was struck between Finland and Estonia.
Finland-Germany submarine cable damaged again in Baltic Sea in possible sabotage act
Swedish coast guard confirms C-Lion1 cable connecting Finland to Germany damaged again near Gotland island in the Baltic Sea.
Sweden seizes ship that departed from Russia over Baltic Sea cable damage
Swedish authorities detained Malta-registered vessel Vezhen following suspected sabotage of undersea fiber optic cable connecting Latvia's Ventspils with Gotland island.
Gotlande – mūsdienu Danciga
Latvian translation of the article Gotland – the Danzig of our time. Translated from English into Latvian by Lenka, 8…
Peace is over for Sweden
Having neglected its defense for a quarter of a century and not fought in a major war since…