Dutch Investigators Blame Finland
byUPDATED OCTOBER 6 Confusion over data that the Finnish government allegedly withheld from Dutch investigators regarding the 2014 downing of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17,…
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Russian Bomber Flies Dangerously Close To Icelandic Airliner
byRussian Tupolev Tu-22m nuclear bombers fly into Icelandic air traffic control area and dangerously close to a Stockholm bound civilian airliner. Long-range Russian bombers…
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…
Kitchen tables, change and space monkeys
byThe contemporary sculpture and installation festival Sculpture Quadrennial Riga „Conservatism and Liberalism” will run from September 10th to October 28th. The festival will discover…
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….
The Problem With Finland
byI will start by stating the obvious: There have been several episodes and instances in the information domain in and around Finland that are simply…