No link found between ship and cable damage; investigation ongoing.

The Norwegian cargo ship “Silver Dania” with a Russian crew, which was suspected of damaging an underwater telecommunications cable in the Baltic Sea, has been released as no connection to the incident was found, Norwegian police reported. The ship was seized at the request of Latvia, but Norwegian authorities concluded that there is no evidence of its involvement. The sabotage investigation is being conducted by Sweden and Latvia. Swedish police also questioned the ship “Vezhen” under the Maltese flag, but