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Concrete for comrades How do you solve a problem like khrushchyovka? IN THE BALTIC STATES, Soviet-era apartments have taken on a gritty glamour. In Lithuania, Instagrammers hunt down Fabijoniskes, the [...]

The membership of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania into the European Union has motivated some scientists to return to these countries after fleeing their homelands after independence from the Soviets in the early 1990s. The state of the scientific community in these countries during the Soviet era and after European Union membership is discussed.

The Russian diaspora in the Baltic countries was formed mostly in the postwar period, and there are several distinct groups within the social structure of the Russian community. The place and the role of a new ethnic subgroup as an active potential participant in the revival of Russia, which is required to protect Russia against itself as in the case of Soviet power is given concern.

With its adoption, on 10 June, of a strategy and action plan for the Baltic Sea region, the European Commission is breaking new ground in terms of both substance - [...]

Tibet, the Olympics and the Baltic republics THE highest point in the Baltic states is Big Egg Mountain in Estonia, at a towering 318 metres above sea level, about one-thirtieth [...]

Byline: Steven Paulikas Who rules the world? So read a headline in Respublika, a leading Lithuanian daily newspaper. The answer: gays, along with Jews, of course. Respublika's unabashed bigotry reflects [...]

4TH ARS BALTICA TRIENNIAL FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC ART STADTGALERIE KIEL, GERMANY MARCH 31-MAY 28, 2007 CROSSKICK: RIGA REVIEW NEUE GESELLSCHAFT FUR BILDENDE KUNST BERLIN MARCH 10-APRIL 22, 2007 ARTHUR KLINAU: ALICE [...]

The Baltic region's biggest annual co-production market opens in Tallinn today. The ninth Baltic Event, part of the Black Nights Film Festival, runs until Friday in the Estonian capital. It [...]

Russians have lived in Latvia since the 17th century. Latvia was viewed by Russian migrants as a transit point between the former Soviet Union and Berlin or Prague. Most of the Russians settled in the Moskovsky Varshtat where they established industries and newspapers. A Writer's Union was estabished around 1945 by resettling Russian writers into the Nizhny Novgorod region. The segregation policies revolve around the divisions between the Latvian Communists, Russian Communists, Latvians and the rest of the population.

Russians account for 10% of the total population of Lithuania, proportionately smaller than in the rest of the Baltic States. The Russian population has been placed at a disadvantage by the assault on Lithuanian parliament by Russian troops. Lithuania built barricades around the parliament and has sworn not to take it down until all of the 40,000 Russian troops have left Lithuanian territory. Moreover, the Polish population, which accounts for 18% could be another source of conflict. The 10 Poles in the Lithuanian parliament have proven that their interests lie in protecting their communities.

ESTONIANS may have a thriving economy and be on the fast track to join the European Union, but(in one sense, at least(they are among the saddest people in Europe. According [...]