Double World Championship gold and double Olympic Games gold. When the associations and the people were to elect the year's female swimmer in Europe, superstar Sarah Sjöström took home a superior victory. It is the sixth time the Swede receives the prize.
SportsSweden is to contribute to NATO's new Baltic Sea operation to deter attempts to sabotage underwater cables. The contribution is to consist of up to three warships and a reconnaissance plane.
SwedenSeveral power and data cables in the Baltic Sea are suspected to have been destroyed – now Nato is planning a larger naval operation. This has happened in the wake of the destroyed underwater cables.
SwedenIt is not only countries around the Baltic Sea that are struggling with suspected sabotage of underwater cables – Taiwan has also been affected. The cable break is no "innocent accident", according to Taiwan's security service.
WorldNato is expanding its military presence in the Baltic Sea and the Swedish Coast Guard is intensifying its surveillance. This has happened around the destroyed power and data cables in the Gulf of Finland.
WorldThe Christmas cable break in the Gulf of Finland is far from the only one and it's not the first time a ship is suspected to be behind it.
WorldThere has been an interruption in the power cable Estlink 2 between Finland and Estonia, reports the network operator Fingrid on its website. According to Fingrid, the connection was broken at half past one on Wednesday afternoon, Finnish time.
WorldChina promises continued cooperation regarding the Chinese vessel Yi Peng 3. The statement comes two days after the vessel left the Kattegat, where it had been anchored since the end of November.
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