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"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 [...]

Reaching consensus on how to deal with national minorities is something that most countries struggle with. Faced with the pressing societal issues of integration, Estonia and Latvia are not [...]