- Former Lithuanian president Grybauskaite’s diplomacy behind-the-scenes: ten unreported moments
With Dalia Grybauskaite having ended her second term as Lithuanian president, here is a look at her behind-the-scenes foreign policy activities.
- Rio Olympics: Brazil mired in corruption brouhaha, athletes counting last days
BRAZIL - As the Rio Olympics approach, the buzz is engulfing the globe and the camera lenses are zeroing in on the best athletes in the world.
- Latvians in South America: The return of Kola, my grandfather
When I was a child I loved to go to my grandfather’s car shop and play with his box of tools.
- How I became a persona non grata in Israel for human rights work with Palestinians
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- Latvians in Argentina: Calle Letonia
On March 1, 2016, I had the pleasure to visit Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina.
- Latvians in South America – descendants of trimdinieki
Apart from having a population composed by the descendants of the Portuguese colonisers, indigenous people, and African Americans, Brazil has a long history of immigration; a factor that contributes even more to the country’s large variety of ethnicities.
- A stamp collector’s quest
1962, Hook of Holland.
- The Old Prussians: The lost relatives of Latvians and Lithuanians
No Baltic tribe or tribal group seems to have had a history so dynamic, rich in incident, and tragic as the Old Prussians.
- The rise of Latvia’s moral guardians
Who are the people who run around forests with laser guns and defend “family values” in protests by the Latvian parliament?
- Russia’s new dissidents find safe haven in Baltics
Artemy Troitsky has, for 30 years, been the international face of Russian rock music.
- Estonian NGOs gear up for refugee intake
Many citizens in Estonia fear that their government is complying with the European Commission’s wish for Estonia to take in refugees, but without much of a plan for how to integrate them once they arrive.
- The Perseverance of Riga Sleaze
Unfortunately, Riga is famous not only for its impressive architecture and opera, but also for its sex culture.
- A house in Jurmala
Many years ago, I was a boy growing up in Kharkov, Ukraine in what was then the indestructible Soviet Union.
- The battle for the Estonian coastline: Tallinn activists defy property moguls
The sea looks vibrant and exciting from Kalarand, the beach in the centre of Tallinn, spray lashing onto the rocky outcrops where young people sit, laugh, and contemplate their future.
- Rainbow services, Rainbow Parades
Peter, a devout Chinese christian living in Riga, was made aware of the forthcoming EuroPride in Riga on June 15-21 through the Lutheran church he had attended, where interspersed throughout the sermon, comments were made, which echoed the stance on homosexuality of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia.
- Are the Baltics proud of EuroPride?
This June, Riga will host Europride 2015.
- The quick loan trap
The Baltic Times cooperates with the investigative journalism organization The Baltic Center for Investigative Journalism Re:Baltica, in ongoing cross-national investigative journalism projects.
- The invisible side of Latvia’s ‘Success’ story: Life with ‘God’s mercy and the goodness of others’
Latvia’s painful austerity program and recent economic growth is presented to the world as a success story and a model for other struggling countries resisting cuts.
- The Hidden Side of Latvia’s ‘Success’ Story
Latvia is a land of extremes.