This time I would like to begin with an announcement: on April 5-6 St. Petersburg will host a conference on environmental protection of the Baltic Sea. It is a remarkable event through which Russia as…
Exclusive interview with Lithuanian prime minister ALGIRDAS BUTKEVICIUS Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevicius (sixteenth head of government in 21 years of national independence) has been for long overshadowed by such bright Social-Democratic leaders as Brazauskas,…
Did the world become more secure and predictable three decades after the collapse of the Berlin Wall? The world hardly did however its part called Euro-Atlantic space likely succeeded in that. NATO leaders who I…
In April 2013 Stockholm hosted international scientific conference Migration and Cultural Encounters in the Baltic Sea Region. It was attended by historians from Germany, Denmark, Latvia, Poland, Russia, the USA, Finland, Sweden, and Estonia. Reports…
Exploration and production prospects at shale gas fields remain in the public eye in the Baltic Sea region. Thus, the Economic Pulse-2013 poll held by KPMG Baltics auditing company among business leaders in Lithuania revealed…
The Dom Cathedral, Rīgas Doms in Latvian langauge, is as important for Riga as the Eiffel Tower for Paris and Big Ben for London. It is its symbol, its tourist attraction and the number one…
Strokes to the portrait of Miss Tallinn 2012 In the Miss Universe 2012 pageant final held on the night of last December 20 in Las Vegas 20-year old American Olivia Culpo won the crown. Estonia…
January 24, 2013 was a major holiday for all people who love and understand music not only in Russia but in the whole world: Yuri Bashmet celebrated his 60th jubilee. He is usually referred to…
I once asked distinguished Lithuanian journalist, writer and expert in history Vilius Kavaliauskas who of the Russian workers of culture merit to have a Vilnius street named after them. He did not hesitate to name…
Levitating fantasies of Carl Milles Stockholm has a suburban island called Lidingo. It is linked with the mainland by a bridge under which seagoing vessels pass. On the high western coast of the island which…