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For the Baltic States 2017 will be a year of waiting

2017 might not be the best of times, nor the worst of times. But they will be challenging times. It will be the first year of Donald Trump&rsquo...

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How ‘Putin’s brain’ understands ‘draining the swamp’

More than once President-Elect Donald Trump has promised to “drain the swamp.” Can he rid Washington of corruption? Is he already fa...

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Restoration of property rights and compensation as part of Human Rights Law

The recent decision on the case Misiukonis and Others v. Lithuania released by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) offers us the opportun...

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Russia weaponised social media in US election, FireEye says

Russia’s government didn’t just hack and leak documents from US political groups during the presidential campaign: It used social me...

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Year of 2017 better than 2016? Not sure

By most metrics, 2016 has not been a particularly good year. Lots of legendary musicians died, including David Bowie, Prince, and Leonard Cohen,...

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Let positive attitude and sanity rule 2017

Hey, do you hear the jingling bells? Are you discerning the contours of reindeer-drawn sleighs?...Whether you love or hate it, the year’s ...

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The trap of travesty: Shoah as a show subject

I thought initially that if one would have the nerve to watch the sick entertainment video from the Russian popular TV musical skating show (the...

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Colluded schemes, pre-arranged biddings, and public money splurge taint Lithuanian tenders

There many acute issues plaguing Lithuania’s public sector, but, transparency-wise, the biggest scourge is the country’s public proc...

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America and its people at a time when the team matters colossally

In the last hours before election day in the USA, not expecting a miracle, I glanced at the TV screen, almost by chance. I saw a giant crowd of ...

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Latvia’s detention conditions get European Court of Human Rights’ attention

With the decision released in early July 2016 on the case Jeronovics v. Latvia, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) h...

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