Icelandic bank manager involved in 2008 financial crash sentenced to prison
byThe former head of the Icelandic bank Landsbanki, which collapsed in 2008 in the Icesave crisis, Sigurjon Arnason, has been sentenced to one year…
Iceland Airwaves: Highlights and the Future of Rock ‘n’ Roll
byPhoto: Alexander Matukhno/Iceland Airwaves. Another Airwaves behind us, my back is aching and my feet are hurting as I slowly realize: I’m getting too…
Estonian Fashion: Studio August
byÄli Kargoja is the creator of the minimalistic clothes brand August. August’s first collection is designed for someone who appreciates Scandinavian design, good quality…
Riding “Friekbikes” Towards The Apocalypse
byPlagues, nuclear armageddon, alien invasions…when or how the apocalypse arrives is anyone’s guess. But there’s a Latvian underground biking collective named in anticipation of…
Markov: Baltic States Should Be Very Afraid Of Russia
byIn an interview with Swedish national television, SVT, Russian political scientist and “personal advisor” to Vladimir Putin, Sergey Markov, has said that while Sweden…
A Clockwork Megahysteria
byI was interviewing Anthony Burgess when the Latvian Foreign Minister told me he was gay. At least, that’s how it felt, for in our…
Toomas Hendrik Ilves: “As soon as Russia becomes a democratic country, its best relationship will be with Estonia”
byThe recent dispute between Russia and Estonia over potential Estonian espionage has heightened tensions in the two countries’ relationship. It has also fueled public fears that…
Bewitched: My Shaman Wife (A Love Story in Five Parts)
byBumper sticker on a beat up Honda: Question Reality I. Pyramids Four men work on muddy ground in front of a pyramid-shaped home. They…
Russia, Ukraine and Europe have been into Vladimir Putin’s black hole of fear
byThe formula for saving any dictatorship is universal: create an enemy, start a war. We are back in Soviet times of total lies. I…
Finnish demonstrators gather to block construction of Russian-funded nuclear power plant
by“The thing that has annoyed me most in this discussion is a certain attitude, even Russophobia, that has been evident in several speeches,” Stubb…