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2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages
1944 May 16: Day of Sinti, Romani and Roma resistance
1814 May 17: Norwegian National/Constitution Day
1995 May 17: Panchen Lama’s abduction in Tibet
1944 May 18: Day of Remembrance for the victims of the Crimean Tatar genocide
1864 May 21: Circassian Genocide Memorial Day
2006 May 21: Montenegro Independence Day
1918 May 26: Georgia Independence Day
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Estonian Foreign Minister: [We] will never recognise occupation of Akhazia, South Ossetia
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The landscape painters who invented Norway
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Latvian brigade commander: Spring Storm enabling to practice tactical cooperation
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New rotation of Lithuanian military instructors to arrive in Ukraine
Bankruptcies Double as Denmark Targets Fraudulent Enterprises
UN report: Humans accelerating extinction of other species
Woman arrested in Poland over posters of Virgin Mary with rainbow halo
Iceland’s Eurovision act: Israel is apartheid
Ukrainian political prisoner beaten by prison staff in Russia for Maidan
Facebook admits foreign ‘bad actors’ are circumventing political ad controls
Facebook removes more pages tied to Russian operators
Facebook: Removing More Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior From Russia
Study: the Baltics could stop Russia with a guerrilla army
Cyberwar: lessons from the Estonian experience
Estonian grassroots movement Kõigi Eesti: freedoms might already be at risk
Latvia offers Canada help in ‘likely’ election interference
EU Promises To Double U.S. LNG Imports Within 5 Years
Novatek May Be Carving Out a Bigger Role in Russian Energy Diplomacy
Monument to Lithuanian partisan leader Adolfas Ramanauskas-Vanagas unveiled in Chicago
Lithuania to continue to boycott May 9 Victory Day events in Russia
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Denmark’s prime minister calls election for June 5
Arctic Council fails to agree on declaration as US holds out on climate change
CBS Censors “The Good Fight” for a Musical Short About China
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Swedish court begins to hear Lithuania’s action to annul arbitral award in Gazprom dispute
Former Botswana President in Direct Challenge to China Calls for Support to Tibet
Austria Moves to Tighten Rules on Investment in Critical Assets
In Sweden you can roam anywhere you like, without the landowner’s permission
Krona’s Plunge Shows How 2008 Crisis Is Only Just Hitting Sweden
Ten former Danske Bank managers charged over Estonia case: Berlingske
Thousands of people in Finland to receive genetic health predictions
Most EU countries cut CO2 emissions last year
The biggest emission of CO2 among EU member states observed in Latvia last year
Economic growth seen slowing in EBRD regions in 2019
European Commission keeps Latvia’s economic growth forecast at 3.1% this year
The claim on Russian state TV that NATO doubles defense spending is baseless
Brit tanks join 9,000 Nato troops in dramatic show of force to ward off Putin in Estonia
Naval Missile Unit Deployed to Estonia
Allan Cameron: Estonians are great linguists
Return migration as a solution to availability of labour force in Latvia
Lithuania voices protest to Russia over its claims about partisan leader
Lithuania in row with Russia and Jewish centre over heritage of antisoviet resistance leader
Two Russian Agents Sentenced for Montenegrin Coup Plot
Vietnam’s Changing Ties with Sweden a Sign of Times
Vietnam To Receive Clean Energy Development Assistance From Sweden
Jailed Uyghur Scholar Ilham Tohti Receives Freedom House’s ‘Freedom Award’
Euro is new bogeyman for Poland’s ruling party
Norway’s central bank breaks from pack with rate-rise plans
On Europe Day 21 EU presidents invite citizens to vote in EP elections
Ancient DNA suggests that some Northern Europeans got their languages from Siberia
15 years of Estonia’s EU membership – victories, challenges and future developments
Estonia: Narva doubles budget of European Capital of Culture bid
One Country’s Uber-Convenient, Incredibly Invasive Digital ID System
Estonia shows the way to an inclusive digital society
Population figure in Estonia increased by more births and smaller emigration
Coalition officially nominates Levits for Latvia’s president
Latvia to publish additional KGB filing system and other documents
eID cards to become compulsory for all residents in Latvia soon
Dublin to host four-day Latvian cultural festival
ECB’s Vasiliauskas Faces Calls to Quit From Lithuanian Lawmakers
Lithuania’s middle class want 60 pct higher income, survey founds
Lithuanian Banks refuse to Finance Construction Projects Outside Vilnius and Kaunas
Denmark is the least feminist nation in the world, global survey finds
Poland’s president to meet Trump at White House in June
Putin portrays his expansionist vision as the counterweight to neo-Nazism
World’s first open-sea beluga sanctuary to open in Iceland
The largest Spring Storm military exercise is on the way in Estonia
Exercise Spring Storm: 1,000 British Personnel In Estonian Towns
No, Not All Nationalists Are ‘Inspired By Trump’
Arvi Parbo Rose From an Estonian Dairy Farm to Top Posts in Australian Mining
President of Georgia to visit Estonia next week
Latvia-US agree on priorities in defense cooperation
Zanda Kalniņa-Lukaševica welcomes the participants of the 17th Baltic Sea Region NGO Network Forum
Dagmāra Skudra, new Eurojust National Member for Latvia
Latvian Saeima becomes first foreign parliament to recognize genocide of the Crimean Tatars
Latvia’s presidential vote to take place May 29
Outdoor Toilets Show Inequality Is Rife in Lithuania
Lithuania: A hotspot for cost effective and world-class medical care
The 9 Absolute Best National Pavilions at the Venice Biennale
Accident claims life of two Albanian soldiers in Latvia
Venice Biennale’s Top Prize Goes to Lithuania
Galeotti: Putin’s regime paradoxically strong, brittle, drifting towards its end
Nord Stream 2 Will Not Reduce Natural Gas Prices in Europe
President: Freedom of speech not shrunk in Estonia in past few months
Kristaps Porzingis Left with a Bloody Face, Torn Shirt … After Fight in Latvia
Far from Brussels, Latvians are European at heart
EU rich-poor divide widens but still a worldwide low
Russian proxy republics ‘officially’ seize Ukrainians’ homes in Donbas
Ukraine will not recognize Russian citizenship illegally offered to Ukrainians in Donbas
Ex-commander of Joint Forces: About 75,000 Russian soldiers stationed in Crimea and Donbas
Russian trolls blamed Ukraine for MH17 in 65,000 tweets after disaster
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Lithuania: Šimonytė narrowly beats Nausėda as the two head for runoff in presidential elections
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