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2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages
1944 March 8: Mass deportation of the Balkars by Stalin’s Soviet Union
1959 March 10: Tibetan National Uprising Day
1990 March 11: Day of Re-Establishment of Lithuania’s Independence
1855 March 14: International Circassian Language Day
1801 March 14: Mother Tongue Day in Estonia
461 March 17: Saint Patrick’s Day, Ireland
1992 March 21: Tatarstan Sovereignty Referendum
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The Pentagon Is Bringing Back the Cold War “Assault Breaker” Concept to Thwart China and Russia
Germany Plans To Directly Regulate Russia-led Nord Stream 2 Gas Pipeline
Russia demands EU promises on Balkan pipeline project
Conference – Nord Stream Two: Evolving Dynamics, Potential Downfall Conference
EU wheat steadies after slide as traders weigh export demand
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Large share of diaspora paper vote goes to Conservative People’s Party of Estonia
Centre rejects Reform’s offer to begin coalition talks
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Lithuania’s now defunct Ukio Bankas was used as laundromat, report claims
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Užgavėnės: costume-wearing Lithuanians chase winter away
Russia wants to join Luxembourg in space mining
Lithuania transfers green credits to Luxembourg in EU deal
Lithuania renews opposition to Russian-built nuclear plant in Belarus
22 of the top 30 most polluted cities in the world are in India
Air Force MQ-9 Reaper drones based in Poland are now fully operational
Trump-Backed Three Seas Initiative Moves Closer to Gaining Funding
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Belarus leader says he wants closer ties to NATO
Lukashenka Says Belarus Must Balance Policies Between East, West
Latvia: May 13 will become “State Language Day” next year
Record number of tourists visited Rīga last year
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Ukraine, Latvia develop cooperation in information sector
UAV Factory supplies unmanned aerial vehicles to the National Armed Forces of Latvia
Lithuania and South Korea to strengthen business ties
Top U.S. General Calls For More Defenses For Ukraine Against Russia
Denmark: No decision yet on Russian-German pipeline
Russia launches plant to reduce Kaliningrad’s reliance on EU grid
US and NATO step up presence in increasingly tense Black Sea region
Belarus-EU Relations: Uneven Rapprochement
Will Russia seek to annex Belarus?
Sinisalu: Russia trying to influence Estonia via Western countries
Latvian Security Service starts case over Ždanoka’s remarks about persecution of Russians
Who were the “dipīši”? The beginning of a long Latvian post-WWII exile
Lithuania to experiment with floating solar power plant
Don’t Believe the Russian Hype
Bosnia Gives Green Light To Controversial Chinese Energy Loan
Bill Browder files criminal conduct report against Swedbank
Finland’s long-delayed Olkiluoto three nuclear reactor granted operating licence
Lithuanian president thanks Finland for support on Belarus’ N-plant safety
The message to China behind Singapore’s US F-35 jet plan
South China Sea tensions at new high after Vietnamese boat rammed and sunk
Baltic Sea Philharmonic goes in search of new talent in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia
Latvia and Finland unanimous there is no place for protectionism in EU – Karins
EU Threatens Latvia, Spain, Cyprus Over Insurance Reforms
Latvia: prosecutor demands 8-year jail sentence for Ventspils bigwig
10 Lithuanian startups to look out for in 2019
Dalai Lama On Time’s Cover Once Again at 60 Years in Exile
Balkars In Russia’s North Caucasus Mark 75th Anniversary Of Deportation
Finnish govt falls: president asks cabinet to continue in caretaker capacity
€15bn Chinese funding deal for Helsinki-Tallinn tunnel
Nikol Pashinyan: Armenia will not be authoritarian
Hungary’s Orban mulls alliance with right-wing Polish faction
Hands over Siena: How Bashkir oil is buying Russia the Tuscan city
Estonian president strips convicted traitor Deniss Metsavas of military ranks
Latvia’s overseas missions: where and why?
“100 million dollar bribe” to Uzbek president’s daughter went via Latvian bank
Georgia, Lithuania to exchange information on cyber threats
Martins Dukurs becomes skeleton world champion for 6th time
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