Baltic states

24.05.2012 21:47 Depths of history: Soviet WWII sub found at Baltic Sea bottom A World War II-era Soviet submarine has been found on the bottom of the Tallinn Bay by an Estonian hydrographical ship.		24.05.2012 17:37 32 comments Lithuania compensation claims meaningless – Russian ombudsman A top human rights official has said that Moscow is not planning to react to Lithuania’s compensation claims.
23.05.2012 20:41 8 comments Under surveillance: Bugs found at Russian cultural center in Estonia A wiretapping device has been found in a cultural center for Russian-speaking Estonian citizens in Tallinn. The NGO is run by the mother of the city’s vice mayor, who is suspected of lobbying for Russian interests in the Baltic country.		11.05.2012 18:25 34 comments Bring Nazi to school day? SS lesson at Latvian nursery sparks controversy (VIDEO) Recently released video of two men in Waffen SS uniform conducting a lesson at a Latvian kindergarten has brought on a wave of anger and debate in Latvia and abroad.
05.05.2012 20:26 7 comments Pricey ice: Russia, Norway sign megabuck Arctic agreement Statoil and Rosneft will spend about $60 bln to jointly explore and develop Russia’s Arctic shelf. This will allow another foreign company access to Russia’s oil and gas deposits, while domestic partners are still to be selected.		21.04.2012 13:13 28 comments Language-labeled: Estonia brands inmates ‘Nazi-style’? A scandal is brewing in Estonia, where inmates are reportedly labeled according to how fluent they are in the national language. The practice is reminiscent of how Nazi Germany marked Jews, homosexuals and other categories of people in death camps.
16.04.2012 20:40 Three rare Amur leopards born in Tallinn Zoo Tallinn Zoo is celebrating the arrival of three newborn Amur leopard cubs.		12.04.2012 23:00 50 comments RT reporter – enemy of the state in Estonia?! Estonia’s intelligence has been laboring hard all year long; now a sizable part of its annual report features “the Russian threat.” The threat is varied and cunning, and one of its many faces is RT – and its correspondent Aleksey Yaroshevsky. Scared?
10.04.2012 17:41 4 comments Russian ambassador blasts Latvian report as Cold War relic Russia’s ambassador to Latvia expressed surprise and anger over a report by the country’s Bureau for the Protection of the Constitution accusing Moscow of a deliberate smear campaign.		26.03.2012 09:48 9 comments Battered Baltic tiger craves a bailout Just a few years ago Latvia showed rapid economic growth in the forefront of the EU accession, but the recent economic rollercoaster ride has reduced unjustified expectations to begging for a bailout.
13.03.2012 16:37 21 comments Anti-fascist demo to counter Latvian Nazi veterans march A court in the Latvian capital Riga has sanctioned an anti-fascist protest on the same day the country will be remembering the veterans of its Waffen-SS legion.		06.03.2012 17:26 42 comments Latvia threatened with retaliation after Russian historians refused entry Russia’s ambassador to Latvia has blasted the country’s move to declare two Russian historians persona non grata after presenting an exhibition on war crimes committed by Nazis and their Latvian collaborators.
01.03.2012 13:28 43 comments Moscow slams Latvian ‘bow’ to Nazi veterans The recent statements by Latvian President Andris Berzins, who said Latvian Waffen-SS veterans were not criminals and deserve respect, are “blasphemous and immoral,” the Russian Foreign Ministry says.		27.02.2012 08:42 40 comments ‘NATO hijacking UN powers’ – Putin In the latest installment of his pre-election manifesto, Vladimir Putin issues a blunt assessment of US and NATO behavior, while stressing the need for Russia’s active participation in the international security architecture. Election 2012
20.02.2012 16:18 37 comments Latvian referendum 'a spit' at European Rights Court Russian MPs have criticized Riga for barring about 300,000 residents from taking part in Latvia’s referendum on the status of the Russian language in the Baltic country. Those barred were mostly ethnic Russians.		18.02.2012 10:00 43 comments Referendoomed: No go for Russian language in Latvia A majority of Latvian voters have rejected a proposal that would have made Russian a second official language. The result was expected, as the country's top politicians had spoken out against the idea.
13.02.2012 21:40 1 comment Estonian president against Yeltsin monument A group of Estonian activists and entrepreneurs has suggested erecting a statue of Russia's first president Boris Yeltsin in Tallinn.		06.02.2012 11:44 48 comments Too Russian to have rights? Latvia to vote on 'alien' language Latvia’s large Russian minority has given voice to its anger over escalating institutional discrimination. People are now hoping that an upcoming referendum on February 18 could see their language officially recognized.
28.01.2012 00:06 7 comments Love over gold: Lithuania blocks Russian woman’s Olympic dream Pentathlete Donata Rimsaite, who took Russian citizenship last year, won’t be able to represent her new country in London 2012 due to the decision of the General Assembly of the Lithuanian Olympic Committee.		25.11.2011 12:33 3 comments Lithuania: A Gitmo on the Baltic? The Baltic state of Lithuania is facing a lawsuit for hosting a secret CIA prison on its soil as a Guantanamo Bay prisoner who claims he was detained and tortured there takes his case to The Hague.

next 1 2 3 4 5 6