Petras Cvirka – the Lithuanian Writer Lionised by the Soviets
Born into a poor farming family in 1909, Cvirka's tangled legacy forms a metaphor for all the paradoxes and complexities of the Soviet era in Eastern Europe.Continue Reading →
The "New Russian Empire" and the Baltic States: an Interview with Agnia Grigas
"Moscow has long relied on ethnic politics to achieve their aims of weakening and destabilizing their neighbours or newly conquered territories."Continue Reading →
"Kas ir Hipsteri?" – Changing Times in a Small Latvian City
Cēsis has changed rather a lot in the last few years, probably more than any other single town in Latvia, and the best place to get the measure of these…Continue Reading →
"I Want To Stay Here": A Chat with Gambian Jallo in Latvian
"I can’t speak about the future, but I think that there is a lot that I will be able to give to Latvia."Continue Reading →
Discussing Identity and Minorities in an Estonian Border City, Pt. 2
Narva is a particularly interesting place to discuss minorities and identy, being more overwhelmingly minority-majority than any large city in the Baltics.Continue Reading →