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1990 December 26: Slovenia Independence and Unity Day
2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages
1993 January 1: Velvet Divorce: Czech Republic and Slovakia
1991 January 13: Freedom Defenders Day in Lithuania
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Iceland has the best holiday tradition for bookworms
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Maren and Louisa, the Scandinavian hikers killed in Morocco
Former Europe Commander Calls for Larger US Military Presence in Poland
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19 former Latvian Saeima deputies sign on as unemployed
No more paperwork: Estonia edges toward digital government
A Window to the World: How the radio led Iceland into nationhood
Finnish-Russian nuclear plant delayed by four years
Latvian stalls are a hit at German Christmas markets
Putin’s golden loo seat and other secrets of £390m luxury ‘Flying Kremlin’
Officials find ‘slave labor’ at Russian prison where Pussy Riot member was held – media
Russia warns Ukraine against new warship crossings via Kerch Strait
Ukrainians see Poroshenko, Tymoshenko in presidential run-off – political analyst
Lithuania to procure more NASAMS missiles
After Brexit UK will be only ‘marginally more productive than Lithuania and Latvia
Estonia’s first 5G network opens
Finland is trying to compete with China and the US in the race for 5G
Former Bank of Finland governor tipped as next ECB president
Poland’s Wałęsa praises Putin in interview with Russia’s Sputnik: report
‘Winning only misery’: Albania to quit gambling in the new year
After 60 years of revolution in Cuba, cracks in leadership emerge
Lithuanian govt nominates Kubilius for Council of Europe’s secgen
Pro-Europeans Take on Moldova’s ‘Old Guard’ in Election
Bandera controversy that eclipsed 200,000 people who fought for the independence of Ukraine
Euro currency remains a work in progress on 20th birthday
Russian woman detained in Helsinki at US request
Euronext secures majority backing of Oslo exchange shareholders ahead of bid
Swedes Sink Into the Unknown as They End 2018 With No Government
Hungary removes statue of anti-Soviet hero Imre Nagy
Will Russia be able to swallow Belarus
Chinese reconnaissance plane flies over South Korea, Japan as geopolitical tensions grow
Surprise over names found inside and missing from the Latvian KGB archives
Media watchdog sacks head of Latvian Television
NATO jets intercept three Russian aircraft over Baltic Sea
Lithuanian politicians, energy officials named as possible bribe recipients in Alstom case
German ISIS woman let ‘slave’ girl, 5, die of thirst: prosecutors
Kalmyks In Russia Mark 75th Anniversary Of Deadly Stalin-Era Deportation
Martial law ended in Ukraine, but not Russia’s military buildup near the border
Ukraine prolongs travel ban for Russian men aged 16-60
Largest prisoner swap in Donbas: 73 Ukrainians released from captivity of Russian-run “republics”
Ukrainian lawyer who went to Russia to get medicine for his child sentenced to 8 years for ‘spying’
Merkel, Macron demand Russia release Ukrainian sailors
President: Latvia government coalition talks have made “significant” progress
80 years since 10,000 Estonians killed in Soviet Great Purge
Journalists name papal visit key 2018 event in Lithuania, and Skripals’ poisoning globally
Why icy Greenland is one of 2019’s travel hot spots
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