Swedish authorities have launched a preliminary investigation into suspected sabotage after damage was reported to an underwater fiber optic cable connecting Latvia to the Swedish island of Gotland.

Sweden has sent 550 troops to Latvia, its first major deployment since joining NATO in March, which ended its decades-long neutrality.

An undersea fiber optic cable between Latvia and Sweden was damaged on Sunday, likely as a result of external influence, Latvia said, triggering an investigation by local and NATO maritime forces ...

Bulgaria had the third lowest number of port calls (2,851 vessels) in the EU after Slovenia (1,760 vessels) and Cyprus (2,090 vessels), Eurostat said on Tuesday. At the other end of the scale, Greece had the highest number of port calls.

Greeks are the second least satisfied population across the European Union for 2023, according to new data released in a Eurostat survey.