An Anatomy of a News Item
byOn 1 May, 2015, Newsweek magazine published an article titled “Finnish military preparing 900,000 reservists for ‘crisis situation’”. The writer of the article was…
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New crackdown on ‘undesirable’ foreign organizations becomes law with Putin’s signature
byTensions between Russia and the West reached a higher pitch over the weekend when President Vladimir Putin signed into law a vice-like new crackdown…
Halonen: Estonia Still Experiencing Post-Soviet Trauma
byFormer Finnish President, Tarja Halonen, has repeated her diagnosis of Estonia’s approach towards Russia as being a symptom of Estonia’s post-Soviet, Post Traumatic Stress…
No ‘Frozen Conflicts’ Will Be Resolved While Russia has Veto in UN Security Council, Vike-Freiberga Says
byVaira Vike-Freiberga, the former president of Latvia, points to an inconvenient truth that few want to recognize: no frozen conflicts in the former Soviet…
Desperate Refugees Are Becoming Europe’s Most Serious Problem: Urmas Paet
byUnfortunately, it often takes a terrible tragedy for a problem that has existed for a while and is constantly growing, to be taken seriously….
As in 1939, Kremlin Said Mulling ‘Preventive Occupation’ of the Baltic States
byPeople of decency and good will around the world have been horrified by Vladimir Putin’s defense this week of the 1939 Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact which made Hitler…
European Leaders Snub Putin and Will Join Polish Victory Day Commemoration
byWestern leaders snub Putin’s extravagant Victory Day celebration to attend Polish commemoration as Kremlin aggression casts dark shadow over 70th Anniversary Western leaders are…
Russian Deputy PM Rogozin Promises Floating Nuclear Plant By Next Year
byAfter years of delays and promises, Russia’s first floating nuclear power plant is now scheduled to roll out next year, according to remarks Tuesday…
JBANC 2015 Conference Live Stream Archive
byESTONIAN PRESIDENT, TOOMAS HENDRIK ILVES MORNING PANEL ON RUSSIAN PROPAGANDA AND DISINFORMATION (Panel 1) DEFENDING UKRAINE (Panel 2) WHAT ARE RUSSIA’S INTENTIONS? (Panel 3) AFTERNOON…
Funked Up East: The Groovy Side of The Iron Curtain
byIt’s not a rare thing to be into back catalogue music. To bring it closer to the wider audience, however, is a noteworthy mission….