The Baltic Sea operation in the region bordering Russia comes as European fears of sabotage mount after a string of disruptions to underwater cables.

HELSINKI (Reuters) -Crew on board an oil tanker accused of sabotaging undersea power and communications cables in the Baltic Sea were poised to cut other cables and pipelines when Finnish authorities boarded the vessel last month,

Prime Minister Kristen Michal (Reform) and President of Finland Alexander Stubb will host a NATO summit to tackle the security of critical underwater infrastructure and Russia's shadow fleet.

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,

Finnish President Alexander Stubb will host a summit in Helsinki of the NATO countries that border the Baltic Sea together with Estonian Prime Minister Kristen Michal next Tuesday. The summit, which will take place at the Presidential Palace,

The Eagle S, a Cook Islands-flagged tanker, remains in Finnish detention. Last week, a Helsinki court rejected a request from a lawyer representing the ship's owner, United Arab Emirates-based Caravella LLCFZ, to lift the confiscation order.

A Ryanair flight was diverted after its GPS jammed while it was heading towards the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius - an area in which Estonia and Finland have claimed Russia has placed jamming equipmen