Baltics
Kaliningrad: Provoking Russia
Russia demands Lithuania lift transit ban against Kaliningrad region
MOSCOW, June 20. /TASS/. Moscow demands that Vilnius lift its ban on the rail transit of...
Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas, ‘Europe’s new iron lady,’ at risk...
The strong supporter of Ukraine, in office since January 2021, has ended her coalition. Now leading a minority government, she has to find new...
“Breaking the back” of Russia: US war aims emerge in Ukraine
By Andre Damon
24 April 2022
On Sunday, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin traveled to Kiev to meet with Ukrainian...
Belarus shot down drone on Lithuanian border
April 15, 2022
Belarusian border guards shot down a drone on the border with Lithuania, which was flying towards the territory of Belarus.
This was announced...
China rejects EU calls to cut ties with Russia over Ukraine...
By Alex Lantier
Apr 2, 2022
Hostile EU remarks after yesterday’s virtual European Union (EU)-China summit point to the rising global tensions provoked by NATO’s war...
Population decline in Central and Eastern Europe
by David Grant
October 13, 2019
Data from the United Nations Population Prospects has reiterated previous fears of a longstanding shrinking in the population of eastern,...
Latvia, a disappearing nation
Since it joined the EU, the country has lost one-fifth of its population
By Gordon F. Sander
January 5, 2018
RIGA — Atis Sjanits...
Estonia to provide Ukraine with additional batch of Javelins, ammunition
Feb 25, 2022
Estonia will send additional military assistance to Ukraine in the form of Javelin anti-tank missiles and anti-aircraft ammunition, Secretary General of the...
The Continuing Obsession with Russia
By Professor William Mallinson
Unimarconi University
Introduction
Not since the Cuban missile crisis has there been such an ‘infodemic’ as we are currently witnessing. The media sensationalism...
Germany Blocks NATO Ally From Transferring Weapons to Ukraine
Refusal to permit Estonia to transfer artillery that originated in Germany points to strains in Western alliance over Ukraine
By Michael R. Gordon
Jan. 21,...