Moscow has Already Begun A Hybrid War against Latvia
byStaunton – In words that some will dismiss as being like those of the little boy who cried wolf and that others will see…
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Latvian MEP Sandra Kalniete denied access to Russia for Nemtsov Funeral
byVice-Chairwoman of the EPP Group, Latvian MEP Sandra Kalniete was denied admission into Russia Monday. Kalniete was travelling to Moscow to attend the funeral…
Should he stay or should he go?
byIt’s hard to know precisely why everyone is being so coy about what is a very simple question – should President Andris Bērziņš attend May…
Ethnic Russians in Baltic Countries ‘Love Russia but Don’t Consider It Their Home,’ New Study Finds
byStaunton – Ethnic Russians living in Latvia and Lithuania “view themselves as a community and respect Russian culture but consider their native home to…
Latgale schoolkids reject pro-Russian stereotypes
byLSM.lv reports that a group of high-school students from the Latgale towns of Daugavpils and Kraslava in Eastern Latvia, visited the Latvian President’s Chancellery…
‘Americans are Prepared to Die for Latvia,’ Nuland Says
byStaunton, November 22 – When the Ukrainian crisis began, some commentators in the West suggested that NATO would not in the end fight to…
Riding “Friekbikes” Towards The Apocalypse
byPlagues, nuclear armageddon, alien invasions…when or how the apocalypse arrives is anyone’s guess. But there’s a Latvian underground biking collective named in anticipation of…
Markov: Baltic States Should Be Very Afraid Of Russia
byIn an interview with Swedish national television, SVT, Russian political scientist and “personal advisor” to Vladimir Putin, Sergey Markov, has said that while Sweden…
A Clockwork Megahysteria
byI was interviewing Anthony Burgess when the Latvian Foreign Minister told me he was gay. At least, that’s how it felt, for in our…
Herbie Goes Bananas: Controversial Musical About Herberts Cukurs Opens in Liepaja
byHerberts Cukurs was neither a sadistic Nazi killer nor a self-taught aviation genius. He was a simple-minded Everyman who loved his country, loved his…