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Latvian parliamentary election: The voters want a return to the old Soviet times

After its victory in the parliamentary elections in Latvia on October 4, the pro-Western centre-right coalition led by Prime Minister Laimdota Straujuma will continue ...

By Andrzej VilenskiOctober 12, 20141

Estonia

Estonia becomes first Baltic state to legalise gay marriage

The Estonian parliament voted by a slim margin in favour of introducing civil marriages for same-sex couples as of 2016

By The Baltic ReviewOctober 12, 20140

Society

Rigoberta Menchu Foresees New Context of Self-Identity and Action for Indigenous Peoples

Rigoberta Menchu, spoke about prospect of unstoppable death and extinction on earth. Not just physical death but death of ourselves as human beings.

By Elisa BurchettOctober 1, 20140

Breaking News

Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves will launch UN exhibit on Finno-Ugric peoples by filmmaker Lennart Meri

“The Waterfowl People”: Lennart Meri’s Film Expeditions 1969-1988” is the rather unusual name given to a really exceptional exhibit on view at UN ...

By Ann CharlesSeptember 23, 20141

Lithuania

Lithuanians strongly advised to refrain from traveling to countries outside the EU or NATO

Russia is reopening criminal investigations against Lithuanian residents who refused to serve in the Soviet army

By The Baltic ReviewSeptember 17, 20140

Commentary

ISIS and Ukraine: They’ll Say Anything

The aim of the current administration in Ukraine? To extend NATO’s 70-year career, on its own model and on that of Korea...

By Thomas L. KnappSeptember 16, 20143

Culture

Playing for Change: Uniting the world through music

A set of earphones and a mobile recording studio were enough for the project ‘Playing for Change’ to kick off more than a decade ago. This ...

By Bibbi AbruzziniSeptember 16, 20140

Arts

Nepal: what does it mean to be a B-boy?

KATHMANDU — Walking in the streets of Kathmandu, you may have spotted a group of youngsters doing some eye-popping moves, dancing to up tempo, ...

By Bibbi AbruzziniSeptember 14, 20140

World

Teaching photography to children in Lebanon’s refugee camps

BEIRUT– A Beirut-based NGO has already trained more than 1000 children in Lebanon’s refugee camps providing them with basic photography skills and a ...

By Bibbi AbruzziniAugust 28, 20140