"Comfortable Doesn't Interest Me": Laura Sintija Černiauskaitė
Laura Sintija Černiauskaitė’s novel Breathing into Marble is a dark, compelling tale of a family torn apart and a woman driven to the edge of madness.Continue Reading →
Vattafakarjütäkkinkabõut? Autumn Adventures in Estonian English
Many Estonian children have learned English from watching Cartoon Network. And also from YouTube and other quality sources of Shakespeare's tongue.Continue Reading →
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 →