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Alexandra West takes a look at Latvia's recent ratification of the Istanbul Convention and what this means for Latvian women

Baltics regional editor Maja Soomägi analyses recent Latvian legislation affecting the country's Russophone population

Frederik Edsberg looks back to his time in Riga in an analysis of how Latvia is trying to face its Russian and Soviet inheritance

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

Marianna Jaśniak reviews "My Favourite War," an intimate animated film recalling life behind the Iron Curtain

Gabrielė Liepa reviews "Maritime Climates," a short film consisting of the surviving fragments from an unusually experimental Soviet film

"This is an opportunity for Latvian society and politicians to take action, and for the EU to insist that actions be taken." Read Owen Howells' powerful editorial on the death of Normunds Kindzulis.

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

Even though I was born and raised in Riga, I don’t think I knew the city until I moved to the centre. It’s more interesting and multifaceted than I once thought.  In the time of the virus, I [...]

When she first practiced it on a child’s piano, little would the Polish-Russian composer Fanny Gordon have known that Pod Samowarem (Under the Samovar), one of her earliest hits, would eventually [...]