Estonian Artists Celebrate Yeats in New Piece
byOn the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the 1916 Eastern Rising in Ireland, a group of Estonian artists have decided to center their creative…
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Russian Fighters Violate Estonian and Finnish Airspace
byThe Estonian Ministry of Defence says that a Russian SU-27 Flanker, has violated Estonian airspace with its transponders turned off. This is the fifth…
Is This How We Will Be Remembered?
byFinnish author, Sofi Oksanen, looks at the refugee crisis through the historical lens of the Finnish and Estonian experiences. The only person from my…
A Movement Drawn From The Sea: The Baltic Sea Philharmonic
byThe Baltic Sea Philharmonic is a new force in music and culture, which is about to go on its second tour around the Baltic…
Hitler-Stalin Pact Still Casts a Shadow Over Europe 77 Years On
bySeventy-seven years ago, Hitler and Stalin reached the agreement on the division of Eastern Europe into spheres of influence, an agreement known as the…
A Pedigree of Repression: Putin’s New Chief-of-Staff
byVladimir Putin has tapped deep into a line of dependable Soviet era nomenklatura, reaching back to the time of Stalin, to appoint his latest…
US VP Biden and Baltic Presidents Issue Joint Declaration
byUS Vice President, Joe Biden, joined the Presidents of The Baltic States to issue a joint declaration, reaffirming their commitment to NATO and the…
If Trump Wins . . .
byThe grand national political conventions in the US have ended and the Republicans have chosen Donald Trump as their candidate. It’s an unbelievable result….
Warsaw Summit: good but not yet enough
byWarsaw was the best NATO summit since the end of the Cold War. Serious people made serious decisions about serious problems. Taboos tumbled. Russia…
Russia’s Possible Reaction to NATO’s Deployment of Defensive Forces in the Eastern Flank
byRussia’s sudden, brutal and illegal military actions against Ukraine since 2014 prompted NATO to take counter-measures that it did not contemplate undertaking – at…