Event 1043

{
  "category": "Energy",
  "confidence": "High",
  "countries": [
    "Lithuania",
    "Latvia",
    "Estonia",
    "Poland"
  ],
  "country": "Lithuania",
  "description": "On June 16, 2025, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, and Poland signed a Memorandum of Understanding to enhance cooperation on protecting critical energy infrastructure. The agreement, reached during the EU Energy Council meeting in Luxembourg, creates a cross-national and cross-agency working group to coordinate efforts, share information, and implement joint security measures for both onshore and offshore energy assets. It aims to address threats from physical, cyber, and other domains to strengthen regional energy security and infrastructure resilience. The memorandum includes plans for a joint pilot initiative called the Flagship Model of Excellence in Infrastructure Protection and Resilience, to be launched in the Baltic region as a potential model for the EU. The countries emphasized the importance of funding and cooperation against growing concerns after recent underwater infrastructure damages in the Baltic Sea.",
  "event_time_utc": "2025-06-17T06:50:00Z",
  "evidence": [
    "Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, and Poland on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding to deepen cooperation on safeguarding critical energy infrastructure, BNS reports.",
    "The agreement, reached during the EU Energy Council meeting in Luxemburg, establishes a cross-national and cross-agency working group to coordinate efforts, share information, and implement joint security measures to protect both onshore and offshore energy infrastructure from physical, cyber, and other threats, Lithuania's Energy Ministry said in a statement.",
    "The memorandum outlines key areas of cooperation, including regular information exchange, joint security exercises, and the sharing of best practices.",
    "The agreement also includes plans for a joint pilot initiative – the Flagship Model of Excellence in Infrastructure Protection and Resilience.",
    "The Baltic ministers also stressed the importance of funding critical energy infrastructure in a joint statement issued during the council meeting.",
    "The protection of critical infrastructure in the region emerged as a growing concern at the end of last year and into the beginning of this year, after several underwater infrastructure damage incidents were detected in the Baltic Sea."
  ],
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        "evidence": [
          "Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, and Poland on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding to deepen cooperation on safeguarding critical energy infrastructure, BNS reports.",
          "The agreement, reached during the EU Energy Council meeting in Luxemburg, establishes a cross-national and cross-agency working group to coordinate efforts, share information, and implement joint security measures to protect both onshore and offshore energy infrastructure from physical, cyber, and other threats, Lithuania's Energy Ministry said in a statement.",
          "The memorandum outlines key areas of cooperation, including regular information exchange, joint security exercises, and the sharing of best practices.",
          "The agreement also includes plans for a joint pilot initiative – the Flagship Model of Excellence in Infrastructure Protection and Resilience.",
          "The Baltic ministers also stressed the importance of funding critical energy infrastructure in a joint statement issued during the council meeting.",
          "The protection of critical infrastructure in the region emerged as a growing concern at the end of last year and into the beginning of this year, after several underwater infrastructure damage incidents were detected in the Baltic Sea."
        ]
      }
    }
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  "url": "https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2592189/baltics-poland-sign-memorandum-to-protect-critical-energy-infrastructure"
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  "url": "https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2592189/baltics-poland-sign-memorandum-to-protect-critical-energy-infrastructure"
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