"This is about security," EU energy commissioner Dan Jorgensen said Saturday while visiting Tallinn for the "historic" grid change. "No European country should be dependent on Russia for anything ...

For 24 hours after detaching from the Soviet-era grid, the Baltic Power System will operate independently. If all goes as planned, the power system will merge with the European energy networks on ...

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For the three countries, as well as the rest of Europe, the move was steeped in geopolitical and symbolic significance.

This came more than three decades after the collapse of the Soviet Union, ending the Baltics' final ties to oil- and gas-rich Russia. For the three countries, as well as the rest of Europe, the move ...

Vilnius, Lithuania. The flow of electricity between the Baltic countries of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania and Russia was officially severed Saturday morning after officials switched off the Soviet-era ...

AFP photo The three Baltic states on Saturday cut ties with Russia’s power grid to join the European Union’s network, the culmination of a years-long process that gained urgency with Moscow’s invasion ...