[4] [5] After World War I, the new sovereign states that emerged on the east coast of the Baltic Sea – Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Finland – became known as the Baltic states. [8] Since World War II, the term has been used to group the three countries Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.

Estonia and Latvia, the two northernmost Baltic states, share 343 km of common borders and a long common history, [1] having since the 13th century been ruled by the Livonian Order, Poland–Lithuania, Sweden and finally, until achieving independence in 1918, the Russian Empire.

6 days ago · VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — The flow of electricity between the Baltic countries of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania and Russia was officially severed Saturday morning after officials switched off the Soviet-era grid’s transmission lines and prepared to join the rest of Europe on Sunday. This came more than three decades after the collapse of the Soviet Union, ending the Baltics’ final ties ...

Feb 6, 2025 · Baltic states, northeastern region of Europe containing the countries of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, on the eastern shores of the Baltic Sea. They are bounded on the west and north by the Baltic Sea, on the east by Russia, on the southeast by Belarus, and on the southwest by Poland and an exclave of Russia.

5 days ago · Vilnius, Lithuania – Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania said on Sunday they had successfully synchronized their electricity systems to the European continental power grid, one day after severing ...

Feb 8, 2025 · Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are now Nato members and have not purchased electricity from Russia since 2022, but their connection to the Brell grid left them dependent on Moscow for energy flow.

The presence of large Russian minorities in Latvia and Estonia meant that issues of integration and language became important. By and large, however, the Baltic states made impressive progress in a very short number of years.

6 days ago · The Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania are now unplugged from Russia's electricity grid and have joined the European Union's network. Plans for the move - which have been in the works ...

By this point, both Estonia and Latvia had won their wars of independence, the world’s great powers had granted them de jure recognition, and full-fledged diplomatic relations could now be established between the two neighbours.

Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, often referred to as the Baltic states, are democracies and close U.S. allies. Strong U.S. relations with these three states are rooted in history.