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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.

Daniel Jarosak reviews "A Postcard from Rome", an emotional Latvian film looking at the effects of dementia on a loving relationship.

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.'