We must go back to Poland some time soon,” we’ve been saying for 20 years. In our late teens and early twenties we spent a ...

Kaliningrad is where Russia stations its Baltic fleet. Are locals worried about ... s Church Street – better known colloquially as Amber Street. Gdańsk is the world capital for amber, which ...

Germany inaugurated on Monday a new multinational naval headquarters for the Baltic Sea capable of leading operations for NATO during a conflict, as the military alliance increases focus on the ...

In Steven Spielberg’s classic film Jurassic Park, scientists use DNA from a prehistoric mosquito preserved in amber to clone dinosaurs, bringing the long-dead creatures back to life. People have ...

Like a mosquito encased in golden resin, amber is inextricable from the history of Poland and Kraków. Baltic amber is the most desired of all, and tourist-laden Kraków's location on the Amber Route ...

Finding the Amber Room would be “the greatest happiness,” she added, but “it would be a fact of history, not a work of art.” The Hunt explores art and ancient relics that are—alas!— ...

With rising concerns that Russia could expand its aggression after its invasion of Ukraine, Germany has opened a command center in the Baltic coast town of Rostock. Germany's Defense Minister ...

Swedish Defence Minister Pal Jonson said on Monday that building wind farms in the Baltic Sea would pose defence risks, by making it harder to detect and shoot down missiles. As Europe turns to ...

Some art museums overawe with the sweep of their collections. Others thrill with a few perfectly placed masterworks. The best of them embody their cities’ ambitions and fulfill an ideal ...

A NATO naval headquarters has been officially opened in Germany to beef up the alliance's supervision of the Baltic Sea in view of the threat posed by Russia. The Commander Task Force (CTF ...

The Council today reached a political agreement on new limits on fish catches for the Baltic Sea's key fish stocks, including herring, cod, plaice, sprat, and salmon, in order to ensure sustainable ...