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Flavia Stähli reviews Nora Ikstena's "Soviet Milk", a powerful mother-daughter story of family, repression and fragile hope under Soviet rule in Latvia.

Georgie Archer reviews "Colourful Dreams", a film showing the freedoms of childhood and imagination within life in Soviet Estonia.

Nadia Ash reviews "November", a film that reminds us of the necessity of enchantment as a means of overcoming suffering.

Johanna Hurter explores the variety of Kalev chocolates and how their packaging helps assert Estonian identity.

On 2 February, Lossi 36 organised an online panel discussion on feminism in the Baltic States, covering current women’s rights issues and attitudes to feminism, with speakers from civil society [...]

Nino Chanadiri explores recent developments in the Baltic Sea region, taking a closer look at the rather hostile Swedish-Russian relationship.

Zooming in on the Baltic states, Aliide Naylor’s debut The Shadow in the East: Vladimir Putin and the New Baltic Front takes the reader on a journey through time and space. Fragmented memories of [...]

Owen Howells send us a post-card from Estonia's seemingly pandemic-free 'travel-bubble.'

Amanda Sonesson speaks to Johanna Rannula about her exhibit Siberian White, documenting the experiences of Estonians forcibly relocated to Siberia by the USSR.