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2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages
1940 July 23: Welles Declaration
2014 July 28: Yarkand Massacre, Xinjiang
1991 July 31: Medininkai Massacre
1291 August 1: Swiss National Day
1944 August 2: Roma Genocide Remembrance Day
August 9: International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
1920 August 11: Latvian Freedom Fighters’ Remembrance Day
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Brussels enacts emergency ban to protect Baltic cod
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Record number of women in Ukrainian parliament
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Drawings by visually impaired pupils feature on new postmarks and envelopes in Latvia
Latvian sailor detained by Iran allowed to contact family
Juhansone appointed European Commission’s acting secretary-general
Murniece underlines significance of Rail Baltica project in conversation with Lithuanian president
New Lithuanian president reaffirms close ties with Latvia
Lithuania sees 3.35GW Baltic wind power of its coast
Lithuania to finance reconstruction of school in Avdiivka
Lithuanian parlt in favor of single-member constituency for people voting abroad
Vilnius decides to build national stadium without EU funding
Despite protests, Vilnius renames street dedicated to Škirpa ‘who promoted Holocaust’
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EU takes Hungary to court for criminalizing help for asylum seekers
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Lithuania seeks to attract more fintech firms
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Founder of the Chinese giant Alibaba, Jack Ma, spotted in Vilnius
Rupšys takes over as Lithuania’s chief of defence
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Suspected cartel agreement among Microsoft software suppliers in Lithuania
Russian propaganda’s fake Western journalists who exist only on paper
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Suffering of the Hmong Highlighted During Captive Nations Summit
WHO launches new report on the global tobacco epidemic
Europe’s record heatwave threatens Greenland ice sheet
Austria Issues Arrest Warrant For Russian Man Suspected Of Spying
Romania Says It Blocked A Russian Arms Shipment To Serbia
Belarus reports $800mn drop in exports due to crisis over low-quality Russian oil
Hatari Pro-Palestine Protest to be Cut from Eurovision DVD
Baltic states ready to join Strait of Hormuz operation, but have no ships
US SecState Pompeo wants to increase cooperation with Estonia
Every fifth child under the age of three in Estonia uses smartphone daily
Over 30 wind energy cos seeking negotiations with Estonian govt
25 years since remaining Russian forces left Estonia
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LA: Upcoming exhibition by Latvian artist Jana Brike
Latvia blocks news website of sanctioned Russian propagandist Kiselyov
IMF: Latvia could lose one third of labor force by 2050
Estonia’s Bolt to launch scooter service in Vilnius to compete with CityBee
Champion swimmer Meilutytė handed 2-year suspension for missing doping tests
Almost a quarter of Lithuanians in relative poverty
Thousand detained at Moscow free elections protest
Large-Scale Demolition Begins at Sichuan’s Yachen Gar Tibetan Buddhist Center
Multinational “Agile Spirit” Drills Kick Off in Georgia
U.S. Air Force deploys F-16 fighter jets to Cold War base in Iceland
Nord Stream takes Brussels to court
Sauna Day celebrates favourite Finnish pastime
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World’s largest concert piano strikes chord in Latvia
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Finnish foreign minister to visit Latvia next week
Lithuanian army and the Pennsylvania Army National Guard build on partnership with staff exchange
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Estonia: 20,000 more sturgeon juveniles released into Narva River
Estonia: Substation for transmission of power to Latvia being built at Kilingi-Nomme
No place like home: Sevastova rallies to win Baltic Open
German troops head for Lithuania NATO exercises, despite air delay
Google honors Japanese diplomat Chiune Sugihara with Doodle
Putinjugend: Children for Russian War
Denmark’s shift towards an ever greener union
More Than 200 Reindeer Found Dead in Norway, Starved by Climate Change
Helsinki man held on suspicion of multiple child sex offences
Estonia wants more info from Tallinn-Helsinki tunnel developers
Latvia to send some 35 athletes to Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics
Major tax changes possible in 2021 in Latvia
Lithuanian universities and colleges struggle to attract enough students
Vilnius removes plaque for anti-Soviet partisan and accused Nazi collaborator Jonas Noreika
Proposal to call 2021 year of Tatar history and culture in Lithuania
Chinese investment into Klaipėda port a ‘concern’ for national security, president says
Former defence chief becomes adviser to Lithuanian president
Mission Siberia returns – participants record oral history, build shrines
Estonian captain of Finnish fishing vessel allowed to leave Russia
Solar panel workshops are being held around Latvia
Pasažieru Vilciens signs train purchase contract with Škoda
Lithuania seeks more EU assistance by separating rich capital city from poorer regions
Conservatives want former president Grybauskaitė to be Lithuania’s EU commissioner
Russia blocks quarter of Black Sea until Aug 19
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