European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks during a joint press conference with Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda at the Border Guard School, east of the Lithuanian capital Vilnius, on Sept. 1, 2025. AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis
Sweden has accused Russia of being responsible for a spike in reports of Global Navigation Satellite System signal jamming incidents recorded over the Baltic Sea. An example of technology covered by the system is the Global Positioning System (GPS).
Transportstyrelsen, the Swedish Transport Agency (STA), said in a Sept.4 statement that disruption reports have been rising in recent years but were now occurring on a near-daily basis.
So far this year, 733 incidents have been recorded up to Aug. 28, up from 55 across the whole of 2023, a rise of some 1,232.73 percent. The agency, however, says that this figure is likely to be far higher, as foreign airlines often only file reports to their own country’s aviation authority.
The STA said that the source of the interference has been traced to Russian territory.
