Russia puts Estonia Prime Minister on wanted list for destroying Soviet monuments
Moscow, Russia/Vilnius, Estonia Reuters Russian police have put Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas, Lithuania’s culture minister, and members of the previous Latvian parliament on a wanted list for destroying Soviet-era monuments, according to the Russian interior ministry’s database. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Kallas was wanted for the “desecration of historical memory”. Estonia’s Prime Minister […]
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy says a ceasefire would only benefit Russia
Vilnius, Lithuania Reuters Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday that a ceasefire in Russia’s war against Ukraine would not lead to political dialogue, and would only benefit Moscow. Speaking to reporters in the Estonian capital Tallinn during a wider tour of the Baltic region, Zelenskiy said any pause would risk allowing Russia to re-group […]
Child poverty levels in the UK worst among world’s richest nations, UNICEF report finds
London, UKReuters Child income poverty rates in the United Kingdom were the highest among the world’s richest countries, a report by UN children’s agency UNICEF said, ranking bottom of the table for changes in those rates in the past decade. The UNICEF report, published on Wednesday, looked at relatively well-off countries to assess the rate of child income poverty […]
Zelenskiy names “three victories” Ukraine needs on international front
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Friday said that Ukraine needed to secure three key “victories” abroad, including the approval of major aid packages from the US Congress and the European Union, and a formal start of accession talks to join the EU. Zelenskiy also announced the latest dismissals in the military, four deputy […]
Latvia donates drunk drivers’ cars to Ukraine’s war effort
Riga, LatviaReuters Latvia began seizing cars from heavily drunk drivers this year, and as hundreds of vehicles began overfilling impound lots, decided to send them to Ukrainian military and hospitals. Seven cars were driven in a snowstorm onto a trailer and out of a state impound lot on Wednesday, destined for Ukraine. Reinis Poznaks, founder […]
Brutality of war grips Polish village where missile struck
Przewodow/Warsaw, PolandReuters Hours after an apparently stray missile delivered death to their village, the inhabitants of Przewodow, south-eastern Poland, struggled on Wednesday with the realisation that the war on their doorstep could spill across the border at any time. For many, terror or disbelief were the overriding emotions, though some expressed relief that the missile […]
Essay: Soviet monuments are being toppled – this gives the spaces they occupied a new meaning
HELEN PARISH, a professor of history at the University of Reading, looks – in an article first published on The Conversation – says the removal or destruction of Soviet-era monuments is a powerful reminder of the complex relationship that exists between history, memory and politics…
Essay: Ukraine war prompts Baltic states to remove Soviet memorials
Russian and East European studies scholar DMITRIJS ANDREJEVS looks – in an article published on The Conversation – at why Baltic states are removing Soviet memorials…
Latvian woman drives into Ukraine to rescue pets
Lviv, UkraineReuters At an animal shelter in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, Natalia Horobets bid an emotional farewell to her beloved pet cat Charly on Monday. Horobets and her husband had fled their home in the eastern city of Kramatorsk as Ukrainian troops fought Russian invaders. But after a difficult journey west on a […]
Latvia passes long-awaited Holocaust restitution law
Helsinki, Finland AP Latvia’s parliament passed a Holocaust restitution bill this week that includes compensation for lost Jewish property and funding to revitalize the Baltic nation’s Jewish community, which was almost completely wiped out during World War II. Following years of wrangling over the issue, the 100-seat Saeima voted 64 to 21 to approve the […]