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2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages
August 30: International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances
1991 August 31: Kyrgyzstan Independence Day
1993 August 31: withdrawal of Soviet military from Lithuania, Freedom Day
1939 August 1: Nazi Invasion of Poland and Beginning of WW2
1991 September 1: Uzbekistan Independence Day
1960 September 2: Tibetan Democracy Day
1514 September 8: Battle of Orsha, Lithuania
1991 September 8: North Macedonia Independence Day
1991 September 9: Tajikistan Independence Day
1714 September 11: National Day of Catalonia
1997 September 11: Scottish devolution referendum
1997 September 11: Welsh devolution referendum
2001 September 11: 9/11
1939 September 17: Soviet Invasion of Poland
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US and France reach a compromise on France’s tax on tech giants
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U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson says Russia denied him a visa to enter the country as part of a congressional delegation
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NATO: Cyber-Attack Could Prompt “Collective Defense Commitment”
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Latvia wants European action on eggs from Ukraine
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Lithuanian PM says he has stage 1 lymphoma, hopes for full recovery
Netflix Original Series Young Wallander Filming in Lithuania
Lithuanian companies cleared for egg product exports to New Zealand
Vilnius Muslim community to build a mosque
Lithuanian appointed as first non-Italian head of administration at Vatican’s Secretariat of State
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NATO Deputy Secretary General discusses climate change and defence in Helsinki
Estonia has highest gross wage in Baltics; fastest rise recorded in Lithuania
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Latvian media watchdog clamps down on TV piracy
Latvian National Library – 100
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Russia sends new intelligence cadres to its embassy in Vilnius
‘Keeping Faith’ Is a Hit in Two Languages
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Sept. 6, 1994: Yalta II
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Estonian PM survives no-confidence vote
Same-sex couple’s partnership recognised in Estonia in landmark ruling
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Estonian defmin: There’s wish in West to mend ties with Russia
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Lithuania’s only woman in cabinet outlines her priorities as interior minister
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Int’l Day of the Disappeared: Educating the United Nations on enforced disappearances of Uyghurs
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WWII: A memory battleground on the 80th anniversary
30th anniversary of The Baltic Way marked in Mayo, Ireland
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Academic exchanges between Estonia and US to expand
Major Tallinn landmarks to be renovated
OECD experts helping Estonia implement financial management development projects
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Turkey’s defense contractor BMC targets Europe, starting with Latvia
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World War II Teaches Us How World War III Could Happen (And Would Be Hell)
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Eastern Europe Woos International Filmmakers Like Never Before
Estonia a leader in innovation among the former communist bloc countries
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Turkey Tries To Charm Estonia
Prioritized areas of Latvian cooperation with Kazakhstan revealed
Presidents of Ukraine, Lithuania discuss Ukraine’s path of EU integration
U.S. wants Brexit that encourages stability in Ireland: Vice President Pence
Mike Pence has a deep affection for Ireland. It’s not completely reciprocated
Pence, Zelensky discuss future visit of Ukrainian president to USA
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Russian foreign ministry takes far out pot shot at Baltics
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Estonian president starts official visit to Slovenia
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Lithuania: Chinese Diplomats Interfered at Pro-Hong Kong Protest
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Lithuania looks to sell water and food technology to India
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Latvian anti-graft cops carry out searches at major construction companies
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Latvia’s Internal Security Bureau detain former Border Guard chief
Nordic and Baltic parliament speakers meet to discuss regional security
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