Finland announces new Baltic Sea surveillance center as NATO steps up presence

HELSINKI: Finland’s Border Guard is setting up a maritime surveillance center together with other Baltic Sea ‌states and the ‌European ⁠Commission ​for ‌the protection of critical undersea infrastructure in the Gulf of Finland, it said on Monday. “Competent authorities must have the ⁠capability and the authority ‌to intervene in ‍situations occurring ‍in the territorial sea ‍and the exclusive economic zone,” it said in a statement. The Baltic Sea ​region is on high alert after ⁠a string of power cable, telecom link and gas pipeline outages.

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