Latvia Ranked as Top Global Travel Destination
byLatvia and Estonia have both been ranked on top travel destination lists by travel guide publisher Lonely Planet.Ranked #5 in it’s 2016 overall Best…
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Baltic Documentary Film Series Launches Stanford University
byThe history and culture of the Baltic countries will be featured in a series of film screenings, featuring movies from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania…
Kellogg’s Shuts Down Finnish Artist’s Campaign
byA web based social media campaign by Finnish artist Jani Leinonen, has been shut down by the US based multinational food corporation, Kellogg’s. The…
Kremlin Creating Military Unit To Combat History
byThe Russian Defence Ministry has announced that it will create a unit within the Russian Armed Forces tasked with combating “falsifications” of Soviet history. Over the past…
Putin: God Won’t Forgive You For This
byProminent Russian Journalist, Oleg Kashin, has published a scathing open letter to Russia’s leaders this week, accusing the Kremlin elite of shielding colleagues who…
Henning Mankell, one of Sweden’s best loved authors remembered
byTributes poured in on Monday following the death of one of Sweden’s best-loved authors, Henning Mankell. Krister Henriksson, the actor who played Mankell’s famous…
Putin’s Syrian Gambit
byRussia and Estonia exchanged Eston Kohver for Aleksei Dressen on 26 September 2015 at the Koidula – Kunitshina Gora border checkpoint. An ordeal lasting…
Kohver and Estonian Officials Address Media
byAbducted Estonian officer, Eston Kohler, who was released after a swap with Russia, held a press conference earlier today with Interior Minister, Hando Pevkur…
Estonia’s Kohver Exchanged With Russia For Officer Convicted Of Spying
byEstonian security officer Eston Kohver has been exchanged with Moscow for imprisoned Russian spy Aleksei Dressen. Estonia’s Interior Ministry confirmed that Kohver is back…
Ku Klux Klan-clad Protester in Finnish Anti-Refugee Protest
byA group of asylum seekers brought to stay at a former barracks in the Hennala district in Lahti Thursday evening were confronted by protesters…