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Vilnius Mayor brands Lithuanian State Language Commission's public transport move "a joke"

Vilnius Mayor Remigijus Simasius has described the Lithuanian Language Commission’s (VLKK) decision to not allow information signs in Engl...

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Immigration center in Estonia set ablaze on Thursday morning

Estonia’s immigration centre in Lääne-Viru County was set on fire during the early hours of the morning on September 3. ...

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European Union extends sanctions on pro-Kremlin supporters by a further six months

On September 2, 2015, Lithuanian diplomats confirmed the European Union has extended the sanctions imposed on Ukrainian and Russian citizens sup...

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Estonian NGOs gear up for refugee intake

TALLINN - Many citizens in Estonia fear that their government is complying with the European Commission’s wish for Estonia to take in refu...

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NATO’s StratCom Shambles

RIGA - Any member of the public trying to use the Latvian National Library last Thursday or Friday would have been turned away. Hulky, earpiece-...

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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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