Estonian Film “Tangerines” Makes Final Oscar Nomination Cut
byThe Estonian-Georgian co-produced film “Tangerines“, has made the final 2015 Oscar nomination list for Best Foreign Film. The film was also nominated for a…
Timeline: The Nordic Roots of The Charlie Hebdo Massacre
byUSE YOUR MOUSE OR FINGER TO SCROLL THROUGH THE UPNORTH INTERACTIVE TIMELINE ABOVE In September 2005, Danish newspaper, Jyllands-Posten became the first western publication…
Russian environmental group continues battle to clear its name under ‘foreign agent’ law
byST. PETERSBURG – Ecodefense, the first Russian environmental group designated a “foreign agent” by the Justice Ministry, continued its court battle to appeal the…
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…
Police Estimate 30,000 Unregistered Guns in Iceland
byPolice estimate that there are up to 30,000 unregistered firearms in circulation in Iceland, compared to 73,000 registered firearms, as stated in a recent article…
Women’s Faces: Symbols of Violence Denied and Courage Remembered
byThe following text is from Imbi Paju’s presentation for the Programme of European Commemoration 2014 in Berlin. Although I have often participated in other…
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…
Stinking Icelandic Skate: A Putrefied Christmas Tradition
byToday is the last day before Christmas, known as Þorláksmessa (‘The Mass of St. Þorlákur,’ Iceland’s patron saint). The day is celebrated by eating skata,…
President Putin Says He Is Clueless about Economic Policy
byA financial meltdown has ravaged Russia in the last two weeks in a fashion reminiscent of 2008 and 1998. The value of the ruble…
The Kremlin’s Alleged Man in Tallinn
byOn Sunday, 14 December, Interfax ran a claim from Russia’s federal security service FSB that an Estonian Internal Security Service (Kaitsepolitsei) official had been…