The War on Estonia's Forests: A Village Without Leaves
“Let us be masters in our own country, not avaricious colonists, who leave a ravaged country behind them…” the late Estonian president, Lennart Meri, said in a speech on 24…Continue Reading →
Our Languages and Us – Latvian, Russian, Gagauz, English...
by Vilis Kasims, RIGA Once I was sitting and reading on the Number 3 trolleybus, on the way back from university. It was afternoon, the weather was nice; I wanted…Continue Reading →
Amerikonka: Life Between Lithuania and America
"To be called an Amerikonka was not exactly a compliment. Neither my husband nor I aspired to become Americans or run away from Lithuania."Continue Reading →
The Quiet Courtesies of Riga: Learning to Share Space in a Small Capital
"For someone arriving from a city where queues are either aggressively policed or completely absent, this gentler discipline can be disorienting"Continue Reading →
How Latin Became the Literary Language of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania
"In the 15th century a story first appears that the Lithuanians were descended from a group of Roman soldiers who were blown off course after leaving Britain in 55 BC"Continue Reading →