Latvia, Sweden Investigate as Baltic Sea Data Cable Damaged
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A subsea data cable between Latvia and Sweden was damaged early Sunday, sparking a criminal investigation, a third such incident in the Baltic Sea in the past three months.
The damage to the link between Ventspils in Latvia and Sweden’s Gotland island has not affected clients — with alternative transmission routes deployed — Latvia’s State Radio and Television Center, a data transmission provider, said in a statement. Prime Minister Evika Silina convened a meeting of ministers to discuss the incident.