From Kalniņš to Bergs (and Back): Latvian Surnames Over Time
Surnames are something that all of us in Europe have (now), but there’s a huge amount of variation both in the date of adoption and the forms they take across…Continue Reading →
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 →
The Third Star Shining: Making Culture in Latgalian
by Will Mawhood Travel much in the small towns and countryside of Latvia’s lake-splashed eastern borderlands, and you’ll almost definitely hear a Baltic-sounding language that isn’t quite Latvian – at…Continue Reading →