Kaliningrad Oblast
Exclave of Russia bounded by Poland
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| 2024 |
Baltic Sea
Sweden joined NATO, further transforming the Baltic Sea into what some commentators call a 'NATO lake'.
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| 2023 |
Baltic Sea
Finland joined NATO, significantly changing the geopolitical landscape of the Baltic Sea region.
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| 2022 |
Baltic Sea
Signing of the Marienborg Declaration, where EU Baltic Sea states announced intentions to have 19.6 gigawatts of offshore wind in operation by 2030.
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| 2018 |
Baltic Sea
The flounder Platichthys solemdali was recognized as an endemic species of the Baltic Sea, having previously been confused with more widespread relatives.
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| January 2017 |
Baltic Sea
An extreme storm occurred in the Baltic Sea with unprecedented wave heights, with media reporting an extreme wave measurement and the Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI) measuring a significant wave height around an unspecified value.
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| June 28 2013 |
Georgy Boos
Stepped down as chairman of the Board of Directors of Interregional Distribution Grid Companies.
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| 2012 |
Georgy Boos
Became an Honorary Doctor of BFU Kant
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| June 2012 |
Georgy Boos
Dismissed from the position of chairman of the Board of Directors of VVC
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| January 14 2012 |
Georgy Boos
Elected to the Board of Directors of Interregional Distribution Grid Companies and became its chairman.
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| December 28 2011 |
Georgy Boos
Appointed chairman of the Board of Directors of VVC (All-Russian Exhibition Centre).
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| June 2011 |
Baltic Sea
Swedish salvage divers discover an unusual sonar image on the floor of the northern Baltic Sea, which generates speculation about a potential UFO or extraordinary object of unknown origin.
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| February 25 2011 |
Baltic Sea
Maximum ice cover was reached, extending from the north down to the northern tip of Gotland, with an ice sheet about wide all the way to Gdańsk.
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| February 15 2011 |
Baltic Sea
The Gulf of Finland was completely frozen.
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| 2010 |
Georgy Boos
Concluded his service as the governor of Kaliningrad Oblast, ending a five-year period of regional political leadership.
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| July 2010 |
Baltic Sea
Satellite images revealed a massive algal bloom spanning from Germany and Poland to Finland, highlighting a recurring environmental issue in the Baltic Sea that has been occurring every summer for decades.
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| January 2010 |
Baltic Sea
Floating ice was observed near Świnoujście harbor.
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