Event 693

{
  "category": "Uncategorized",
  "confidence": "Low",
  "confidence_rationale": "The article clearly quotes Polish officials and provides several specific examples of this strategic shift, including recent meetings with Baltic and Nordic leaders. The reliability is high as the source is LRT citing Deutsche Welle.",
  "countries": [
    "Poland",
    "Germany",
    "Lithuania",
    "Latvia",
    "Estonia",
    "Finland",
    "Sweden",
    "Denmark"
  ],
  "country": "Poland",
  "defense_prep": {
    "links": [
      "https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2430026/disappointed-with-berlin-poland-seeks-new-partners-in-baltics-and-scandinavia"
    ],
    "title": "??Poland seeks new partners in Baltics and Scandinavia after disappointment with Berlin"
  },
  "description": "Poland is shifting its security policy away from Germany, reorienting towards closer cooperation with Baltic and Scandinavian countries for security matters, response to Russia, and support for Ukraine.",
  "event_time_utc": "2024-12-09T12:00:00Z",
  "evidence": [
    "Screenshot shows references to discontent with Berlin, increased Baltic-Nordic contacts, map visualizing the Nordic-Baltic Eight.",
    "Several paragraphs reference new initiatives and meetings between Poland and Baltic/Scandinavian governments.",
    "Images and captions such as 'Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Lithuania's Ingrida Šimonytė' reinforce Poland's new alliances."
  ],
  "evidence_quotes": [
    "Disappointed with Germany, Poland is reorienting its security policy. Warsaw wants to work with the Scandinavian and Baltic countries to help Ukraine, and stand up to Russia.",
    "Poland’s new government is disappointed with Berlin, and Tusk is clearly seeking new partners.",
    "Now Warsaw is seeking new alliances in the north-eastern part of Europe, including Scandinavian countries and the Baltic States.",
    "Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Lithuania's Ingrida Šimonytė...",
    "The Polish government now wants to cooperate more closely with the Baltic States and Scandinavian countries."
  ],
  "extra": {
    "extra": {
      "extra": {
        "extra": {
          "evidence": [
            "Screenshot shows references to discontent with Berlin, increased Baltic-Nordic contacts, map visualizing the Nordic-Baltic Eight.",
            "Several paragraphs reference new initiatives and meetings between Poland and Baltic/Scandinavian governments.",
            "Images and captions such as 'Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Lithuania's Ingrida Šimonytė' reinforce Poland's new alliances."
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "follow_up_by_country": [],
  "headline": "Disappointed with Berlin, Poland seeks new partners in Baltics and Scandinavia",
  "media_assets": [
    {
      "description": "Screenshot capture",
      "type": "screenshot",
      "url": "/media/event_693_1763935252_3491ce95.jpg"
    }
  ],
  "notes": "??Poland seeks new partners in Baltics and Scandinavia after disappointment with Berlin",
  "schema_version": "v1",
  "screenshot_count": 1,
  "sources": [
    "https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2430026/disappointed-with-berlin-poland-seeks-new-partners-in-baltics-and-scandinavia"
  ],
  "summary_short": "Poland is pursuing a strategic realignment, seeking deeper security and defense partnerships with Baltic and Nordic countries, citing disappointment with German policy and the urgency of coordinated response to Russian threats.",
  "url": "https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2430026/disappointed-with-berlin-poland-seeks-new-partners-in-baltics-and-scandinavia"
}

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  "5th Column of Russians Inside (which countries)": "",
  "Attack Type": "",
  "Borders Including Sea, Air,  Violation or Sabotage (which countries)": "",
  "Continuous? (e.g. Jammers)": "",
  "Country (FI;EE;LV;LT;PL;BSR;Air)\nSeparated by Semicolon": "PL",
  "Date": "9-Dec-24",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "??Poland seeks new partners in Baltics and Scandinavia after disappointment with Berlin",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2430026/disappointed-with-berlin-poland-seeks-new-partners-in-baltics-and-scandinavia",
  "Follow-Up Link?  (FI,EE,LV,LT,PL, BSR, Air)": "",
  "Follow-Up NOTES": "",
  "Follow-Up incl. Investigation, Prosecution?  (FI,EE,LV,LT,PL, BSR, Air)": "",
  "Latitude, Longitude (WGS84, Decimal Degrees)": "",
  "NOTES": "??Poland seeks new partners in Baltics and Scandinavia after disappointment with Berlin",
  "Political Disruptions w/ Laws to Favor Kremlin (which countries)": "",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "",
  "Screen Snapshot": "",
  "Screen Snapshots": "",
  "Type Dropdown": "",
  "Where?\n(Air, Land, Sea)": ""
}