Russia Threatens Sweden with Missile Deployment
byIn a recent interview, Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov told Sweden’s Dagen Nyheter warned that “it’s every country’s right to decide what form its security…
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Tallinn Music Week: Looking for the bigger picture
byOut of 1000 applications from all over the world, about 250 bands were selected to come to Tallinn in order to celebrate music and…
Sweden Adapts Cold War Strategy to Modern Times
byHow to survive during a war? For the armed forces of both Finland and Sweden the strategy includes fighter jet operations from regular roads….
Kross: Silence is The Real Crime Against Humanity
by“Silence is the real crime against humanity.” This is what Nadezhda Mandelstam wrote about the silence of Russia’s intellectuals during Stalin’s years of oppression….
Welcome To Estonia’s e-Occupation Museum
byAt a museum press conference earlier this month, President Toomas Hendrik Ilves, IT entrepreneur Sten Tamkivi, and museum director Merilin Piipuu announced that the…
Allangorpoq: Documenting Greenland’s Transformation
byPhotographer Sébastien Tixier grew up hearing tales of the Inuits in the polar regions from his father. Three years ago, and inspired by those…
The Estonian Defence Model: “Shoot to kill, on the spot!”
byKaliningrad, autumn of 2006. I had just finished up a term as a visiting professor at the old Königsberg, Immanuel Kant University. The last…
Exclusive: Sinking The Wilhelm Gustloff
byTo commemorate the 71st anniversary of the, January 31, 1945, sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff, UpNorth is offering readers free, limited time access to…
The Åland Regime After Crimea
byThe annexation of Crimea was a definite wakeup call telling us that Russia has turned down the European Security Order and assumed a policy…
Paul Keres: A Man Whose Life Reflected His Homeland
byPaul Keres was born in Narva—then of the Russian Empire, now of Estonia—on January 7, 1916, and so his birth and his life would…