Is Putin Prepared to Die for Narva?
byStaunton – Ever since Vladimir Putin began his aggression in Ukraine and sent signals that he was prepared to move against the Baltic countries,…
Finnish Parliamentary Committee Approves Russian Nuclear Plant
byYLE reports that the Finnish parliament has given the green light for the construction of a Russian designed nuclear plant in Pyhäjoki in northern…
75 Years On Russia Again Engaged in a Winter War
byStaunton – Seventy-five years ago today, Moscow launched what became known as the Winter War against Finland. It used much the same propaganda and…
Same-Sex Marriage Approved By Finnish Parliament
byMembers of Finnish Parliament have passed a citizen initiative to legalize same-sex marriage after a close vote where 105 members voted for, while 92…
Finnish parliament debates same sex marriage legislation before Friday vote
byHelsingin Sanomat reports that the Finnish parliament is preparing for a debate about Finnish same sex legislation before voting on an amendment to existing…
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…
Ukraine Seen Forming New Military ‘Troika’ with Lithuania and Poland
byStaunton, November 26 – Having reluctantly concluded that it will not get the assistance it needs from NATO as a whole, the Ukrainian government…
The slow, imperceptible shifts of life behind bars for a Russian environmental activist
byCharles Diggs of environmental NGO Bellona visits Russian environmental activist, Yevgeny Vitishko in a Russian prison colony. SADOVAYA PRISON COLONY, Sadovaya, Russia – The…
‘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…
Niinistö: Finland missed opportunity to join NATO 20 years ago
byFinnish President Sauli Niinistö told the Washington Post in a weekend interview that “it would have been a very easy step” for Finland to…