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Jan Ptaszek examines why Poland and the Baltic states fear that scrapping EU foreign-policy vetoes could make Europe faster - but leave its eastern flank with less influence over decisions that [...]

Eerika Gröning shows how Finnish-Estonian contacts, from ferry tourism to rock music and television, helped expose Soviet Estonia to Western influence and contributed to the country’s path toward [...]

Georgie Archer review "Cat on my Mind", a film about reconstructing other people’s lives through second-hand images, assumptions and imagination.

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.

Daniel Jarosak and Caterina Cambria dive into the 100th anniversary of the 1924 coup attempt in Estonia, and how it is remembered today

Alina Höptner takes a deeper look at Estonia's smoke sauna culture, and the space it creates for queer and feminist intimacy

Baltics editor Maja Soomägi reviews "Everything is Wonderful," Sigrid Rausing's book based on her anthropological fieldwork in Estonia

Xandie (Alexandra) Kuenning reviews "When the Doves Disappeared," a bleak Estonian drama about a family broken apart by war and occupation

Lance Bradley looks at how ideology and art are conceived through photography and architectural heritage in Central and Eastern Europe