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The Authoritarian Temptation

NEW YORK – Twenty-four years ago this month, Soviet hardliners, desperate to stop the country’s nascent democratic transition, arres...

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A Ridiculous Debate

RIGA - “My personal opinion is that of course they should not wear such a veil,” Latvian President Raimonds Vejonis declared in a re...

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A house in Jurmala

Many years ago, I was a boy growing up in Kharkov, Ukraine in what was then the indestructible Soviet Union.   For 5 straight years in...

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Letter of love, or of resignation?

A review of “My Estonia 3: What Happened?” By Justin Petrone, published by Petrone Print. TALLINN...

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Topsy turvy tax laws hammer Latvian culture

RIGA - According to Latvian law, state-owned companies — including state-owned cultural organisations — have to return a whopping 90...

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No world headlines, just music

JURMALA - Throughout the performance of the Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra at Dzintari Concert Hall in the beach resort of Jurmala on August 20,...

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ARTS, ENTERTAINMENT & EVENTS GUIDE

Latvia THURSDAY, 3 SEP RIGA FOOD 2015  (until  5 Sep) ...

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Raimonds Tomsons Crowned Best Sommelier in Baltics

TALLINN - The title of the best sommelier in the Baltic States was determined in Tallinn on Friday at the Vana Tallinn Grand Prix jubilee tourna...

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Baltic Triennial: Artworks today, something else tomorrow

The 12th Baltic Triennial, the largest in Central and Eastern Europe for contemporary art, opens in Vilnius on Sept. 4. This year...

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A herdsman of millions: An interview with Palanga’s chief lifeguard

The choppy, treacherous Baltic Sea is always on the prowl for its next victim, but Jonas Piroznikas, the veteran chief of lifeguard services in ...

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