The Task of Securing Freedom in The Baltics Is Not Over: Ambassador Daniel Fried
byKeynote remarks given by Ambassador Dan Fried at the May 2017 JBANC conference in Washington DC. I first met with JBANC in 1993, introduced…
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Lithuania Grants Asylum to Two Russians Fleeing LGBT Persecution
byLithuanian authorities have granted asylum to two gay Russian men fleeing persecution in Chechnya, according to Russia’s Interfax news agency. The violent and systematic…
Joint Baltic American National Committee 2017 Conference Live Stream From Washington D.C.
byWatch UpNorth/The Northern European’s Live Streams of the Joint Baltic American National Committee 2017 Conference:New Realities: The Baltic Region in a Changing World here….
Rejecting The Kremlin’s Falsification of History & Cult of Victory
byThis week, veterans groups and individuals gathered in cities around the world to participate in ceremonies marking the Allied liberation of Europe from Nazi…
Izborsky Club Calls for New Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact to Re-Divide Eastern Europe between Moscow and Berlin
byThe Izborsky Club, a group of Russian nationalist intellectuals that has often been extremely influential in the Kremlin of Vladimir Putin, is now calling…
Security Challenges of the Baltic Sea Region: LIVE STREAM
byUpNorth will be live streaming the Security Challenges of the Baltic Sea Region in Stockholm this Saturday. The aim of the conference is to…
Disinformation and NATO: An Interview with Latvian Foreign Minister, Edgars Rinkēvičs
byAn exclusive interview with Latvian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Edgars Rinkēvičs, during his recent visit to Canada. The Minister talks about the ongoing information…
Stanford to host a major Baltic conference in 2018
byThe Stanford University Libraries will be hosting the 2018 AABS Conference at Stanford University. The conference will celebrate two important milestones – the 50th…
Debunked: The myth of the Golden Age of the Baltics in the Soviet Union
byDuring the occupation of the Baltic Countries by the Soviet Union, Estonians, Latvians and Lithuanians were told that investments in people, social needs and…
Moscow Outlet Describes How Russia Should Break Up Each of the Baltic Countries
byArguing that the Estonians, Latvians and Lithuanians are more russophobic than any other nation in the world, the Russian propaganda site, SputnikPogrom, outlines how…