- Lithuanian Olympic hopeful Ugne Mazutaityte: “I developed myself a great deal while training for my Olympic dream”
A professional swimmer, a university student and a wine connoisseur to be, Lithuanian, Ugne Mazutaityte appears to have the world at her feet.
- Portuguese Jorge about life and work in Vilnius: cozy city, excellent climate and plenty of career choices
For Jorge Costa, a 27-year-old man from Portugal, an adventurous trip to Lithuania three years ago decided his fate.
- Estonian president to become UN global advocate for rights of women, children
Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid and UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres held a meeting in New York on June 28 after which Guterres designated Kaljulaid the UN secretary general's global advocate for the health and well-being of women, children and adolescents for the next two years.
- BSF founders Olevs Nikers and Otto Tabuns: “Extensive destabilization of Belarus can lead to a humanitarian disaster at worst”
What will the geopolitical fallout be from the global COVID-19 health contingency?
- Latvia’s broadcast watchdog wants €1 million to support private media
Latvia‘s broadcast watchdog, the National Electronic Mass Media Council (NEPLP) asked the government to provide private television and radio companies support amounting to 1 mn euros, said NEPLP head Ivars Āboliņš appearing on Latvian Radio March 27.
- First solo exhibition of Julijonas Urbonas opened at Collective Edinburgh
Planet of people, the most recent project by Julijonas Urbonas, was launched, at Collective’s City Dome exhibition space in Edinburgh on the 29th of February.
- Storm in Lithuania kills woman, damages 13 cars
Lithuania's Fire and Rescue Department received 471 calls by 6 a.m. on March 13 over the consequences of the overnight storm that killed one woman and damaged 13 cars.
- Board of Riga Zoo sacked
Ingmars Lidaka, chairman of the Riga Zoo board and board member Andris Morozovs (Harmony) have been dismissed, Lidaka said on February 21.
- Russian military re-enacted WWII battle on Estonian border
Military personnel from Russia's Western Military District marked Feb. 23, celebrated as the Defender of the Fatherland Day in Russia, with an event and the re-enactment of a battle of World War II in the town of Ivangorod on the Russian-Estonian border.
- Latvian words for “scooter”, “like” and “influencer” up for word of the year
The 2019 world of the year candidates include new Latvian words for “scooter”, “like” and “influencer”, as well as new words for several other modern phenomena , according to Riga Latvian Society's Latvian Language Advancement Group representative Ieva Kolmane.
- Remains of 1863-1864 uprising participants buried in Vilnius
The remains of two commanders – Zygmunt Sierakowski (known in Lithuania as Zigmantas Sierakauskas) and Konstanty Kalinowski (Konstantinas Kalinauskas) – and 18 other participants of the 1863-1864 uprising against Tsarist rule were buried in a state funeral in Vilnius on November 22.
- The 17th-century mansion-turned-hotel in Vilnius Old Town named the winner in the large international hotels’ category of 2019 Surface Travel Awards
Hotel PACAI, located in Vilnius, Lithuania, has been named the winner of this year’s Surface Travel Awards in the category of large international hotels.
- Estonian parliament wants an Estonian language development plan
The Riigikogu, Estonian parliament, has adopted a resolution whereby a proposal is made to the government to prepare a development plan for the Estonian language for 2021-2035 with the aim of strengthening the vitality, development and learning of the Estonian language.
- Victims of MS Estonia disaster remembered in Tallinn, Voru, Parnu
Commemorative events were held in Tallinn and the cities of Voru and Parnu on September 28 to mark the 25th anniversary of the sinking of the ferry Estonia.
- Lithuania's Soviet-era nuclear town expects boost from industry, tourism
Visaginas' modest railway station greets travelers in the middle of a forest and it takes some time to find out which way the town is after getting off the train.
- RIA: more cyber incidents registered in Estonia in July
The Estonian Information System Authority registered 324 cyber incidents in July, which is more than the average monthly number of incidents registered during a year but on a par with the indicator for July 2018.
- Four million visitors expected to attend Wild Souls
One couldn’t help noticing the heightened security arrangements in place around the Museum d’Orsay in Paris, which swarmed with heavily armed French police who’d cordoned off and surrounded the museum for the opening on Apr. 9 of the Wild Souls.
- Bears, Black Balzam and Beijing: two years as an Englishman in Riga
Louis Dowling, a school teacher originally from the UK, has spent the past two years living and working in Latvia.
- A jubilant Latvian community in Minneapolis makes church more accessible
Far from Riga in the American city of Minneapolis the Latvian choir and congregation are sitting in the pews of the St. Paul’s Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church of Minneapolis.
- Latvia to send 35 athletes to Pyeong Chang 2018 Winter Olympics
The Latvian national team will include 35 athletes competing in nine disciplines at the upcoming PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games, the Latvian Olympic Committee (LOC) informed on January 23.