Filming Visaginas: Lithuania's Nuclear Russian Butterfly City
In the early 1970s my parents moved from Russia to Vilnius, the capital of the Lithuanian SSR, in search for work and better life. This is where I was born.Continue Reading →
Didzis Melbiksis: Sticking Up for Refugees in the Baltics
Latvian Didzis Melbiksis is the UNHCR Association Communication Officer for Northern Europe, responsible for managing the UN's communication with the media and public in the region.Continue Reading →
"Maq Sinnu Sali": the South Estonian Dialect Spoken in Deepest Latvia
These words, which mean “I love you” were spoken in the Lutsi language by the last person to still have appreciable knowledge of it, Antonīna NikonovaContinue Reading →
Britain and the Baltics 1: From Pepys…
"Hee vanquished the armie of the king of Lettowe, with the captiuitie of foure Lithuanian Dukes and the slaughter of three..."Continue Reading →
A Sleeping District of Poets and Painters: Redefining Kaunas's Šilainiai
"It was a freshly made community – back in the Soviet Union, they tried to sell the whole housing estate as this sort of utopian vision"Continue Reading →