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A barge carrying Timmy, a humpback whale that has been stranded off Germany's coast in the Baltic Sea for several weeks, departs for the North Sea where Timmy is set to be freed. Mecklenburg-Vorpommern environment minister Till Backhaus says the whale is showing signs of good health. 2026-04-29
The Swedish Coast Guard boards and seizes an EU-sanctioned Russian shadow fleet tanker in the Baltic Sea after the vessel caused a 12-kilometer (8-mile) oil spill off the coast of Gotland. 2026-04-3
The German Navy reportedly seizes the Panamanian-flagged oil tanker "Eventin", suspected to be part of the Russian shadow fleet, along with at least {{Euro}}43.3 million ($46 million) worth of cargo, in the Baltic Sea. 2025-03-21
Finnish seismologists at the University of Helsinki say that last week they detected five explosions in Russian territorial waters of the Baltic Sea, with the largest explosion having a 1.8 magnitude. The cause of the blasts is currently unknown. 2022-10-25
A private Cessna 551 crashes into the Baltic Sea, off the coast of Latvia. 2022-09-4
A Russian Su-27 fighter jet intercepts a United States P-8 Poseidon surveillance plane in international airspace over the Baltic Sea, with the US claiming the procedure was unprofessional and the aircraft came within 20 feet of each other. 2018-05-1
Russia’s first floating nuclear power plant, the "Akademik Lomonosov," sets sail across the Baltic Sea from St. Petersburg. 2018-04-30
A United States Air Force Boeing RC-135 reconnaissance aircraft was intercepted and threatened by a Russian Sukhoi Su-27 fighter jet in international airspace over the Baltic Sea on Thursday (April 14), according to the United States European Command (EUCOM). 2016-04-16
Two unarmed Russian Air Force Sukhoi Su-24 jets flew simulated attacks on United States Navy destroyer Donald Cook in the Baltic Sea on Tuesday, according to a U.S. official, who described it as one of the most aggressive interactions in recent memory. A Russian Kamov Ka-27 naval helicopter also made seven passes around the USS "Donald Cook", taking pictures of the warship. 2016-04-13
Copenhagen Suborbitals fire the world's largest privately-built rocket, HEAT 1X Tycho Brahe into the Baltic Sea, 30 km east of Nexø.2011-06-3