In July 1965, Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir arrived in Soviet-occupied Vilnius. Their week-long stay in Lithuania was to leave a deep impressionContinue Reading →
Latvia's huge Song and Dance Festival has been recognised as a masterpiece of humanity by UNESCO – and its participants are increasingly multinationalContinue Reading →
One cabin was used for accommodating border guards while the other housed a projector that was large enough to light up the coastline.Continue Reading →
In 1991, Danish photographer Stig Stasig moved to Riga, capital of newly free Latvia. His photos of inner-city life capture a unique moment in its historyContinue Reading →
Launched in 1958 by the Tallinn Fashion House, Siluett was arguably the one truly agenda-setting fashion magazine the Soviet Union produced.Continue Reading →
"There’s no doubt that Mendel and I, more than anyone else, wanted to get to Russia as soon as possible..."Continue Reading →
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 →
As we gathered a sample of publicly shared geolocated Instagram pictures, we started to notice some interesting patterns...Continue Reading →
For almost 15 years, the Orbita group of Riga-based Russian-speaking poets have been redefining Russian-language poetry in Latvia.Continue Reading →
“Icelanders tend to support David against Goliath in any dispute.”Continue Reading →
Despite an almost identical history over the last few hundred years, Estonians and Latvians speak very different languagesContinue Reading →
In Estonia, the most blatant symbols of foreign power were indeed removed, but not without hesitation.Continue Reading →
