From Kalniņš to Bergs (and Back): Latvian Surnames Over Time
The surnames borne by the inhabitants of Latvia reveal a lot about the country's complex historyContinue 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 →