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2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages
1999 January 15: Račak massacre, Kosovo
1990 January 19-20: Azerbaijan: Black January
1991 January 20: The Barricades in Latvia
1919 January 22: Day of Unity of Ukraine
1759 January 25: Burns Night, Scotland
1950 January 26: Republic Day in India
January 27: International Holocaust Remembrance Day
1920 February 2: Treaty of Tartu finalises Estonian War of Independence
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Lithuania’s top court orders recognition of same-sex gay spouses
Lithuania court hands down landmark ruling about gay couples
Latvia company expanding organic grain processing
Photo of fallen Ukrainian soldier wins Gold prize in Tokyo photo contest
Ukraine recognizes sex without consent as rape, criminalizes domestic violence
A fintech bonanza is luring foreign cash to Lithuania
U.S. warns German companies of possible sanctions over Nord Stream 2
Group of Indian students faces racism in Lithuania, racially abused
1st foreign minister to recognize Baltic States’ independence in 1991 accused of sexual violence
Stalin’s NKVD and Hitler’s Gestapo cooperated closely even before Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact
Latvia gets its first World Cup luge victory
Electric Car Sales Expected To Increase Substantially In 2019
Iran protests to Poland over Iran-focussed summit
Canadian sentenced to death in China for drug smuggling amid tensions between countries
Lithuania rotates military instructors in Ukraine
Finland and China: After pandas, hockey diplomacy
Poland considers ban on Huawei products after spying arrest
Will Russia Save Ortega in Nicaragua?
Largest-ever cocaine bust in Latvia as upwards of two tonnes seized
Film Based on Holodomor Added to Berlin Film Festival Lineup
Czech martyr Jan Palach’s enduring legacy, 50 years after his self-immolation
Czechs mark 50 years since Jan Palach’s self-immolation over crushing of Prague Spring
Flames Of Protest: The Wave Of Self-Immolations Against Soviet Tanks
Kosovars Remember 1999 Racak Massacre
Analysis: South Korea’s auto fuel consumption seen on cusp of lengthy downtrend
Baltic states report highest share of pensioners at poverty risk in EU
Russia Says Ukraine May No Longer Be a Country Soon
Cigarette smuggling from Belarus to Lithuania almost doubled in 2018
Lukashenka trying to woo Lithuania
The West’s failure in 1991 must not be repeated now
Luxembourg makes all public transport free
The murder of Gdansk mayor Paweł Adamowicz reflects Poland’s increasingly toxic political climate
Russian court extends detention of Ukrainian sailors until April 24
Russian proxy ‘Luhansk republic’ seizes another woman hostage
Hours after U.S. troops killed in Syria, Pence says Islamic State defeated
NATO’s Baltic Air Policing mission calls on an age-old combination of quick reaction and hot jets
Latvia promises support to Ukraine in international organizations
American reporter remembers Lithuanian independence struggles
Lithuania skeptical about Brussels’ idea to renounce tax veto right
Government calls on Lithuanian expats in UK to return amid growing hard Brexit concerns
Ukrainian court releases suspected Khmelnytsky Maidan killer fuelling allegations of sabotage
Crimea may have same future as “Baltic States in Soviet Union”
Ukraine not importing Russian gas for 1,150 days
Russia deploys nuclear-capable ballistic missile launchers near Ukraine border
UK would vote to stay in EU by 12 percentage point margin: YouGov poll
Oxford University suspends funding from China’s Huawei
China’s envoy to Canada says Huawei 5G ban would have repercussions
Norway is getting its first non-socialist majority government since 1985
Trump Announces Expansion Of U.S. Missile Defense
Belarusian model who claimed Trump info arrested in Moscow
Facebook Removes Hundreds Of Fake Pages, Accounts ‘Linked’ To Russia’s Sputnik
23.3% of Latvia’s population at risk of poverty
Stoicescu: Russia seeks integration in Estonia in words alone
New ambassador to Latvian diaspora appointed
Estonian language and cultural centre opens in Tallinn
Trump, North Korea’s Kim to hold second summit in late February
Renewable energy support package given to Lithuania
‘Women of the Gulag’ tells five astonishing stories of survival
1,000 strangers answer the call, pack funeral of Estonia born Vietnam veteran who died alone
Two Domestic Films Top 2018 Box Office in Lithuania
Lofven tears up Sweden’s political landscape to retain power
Latvia’s Martins Dukurs becomes European skeleton champion for 10th time
Belgian unit replaces outgoing Danish troops in NATO battlegroup in Estonia
Putin agrees to allow access of French, German experts to Kerch Strait area
Russia seizes bus driver and forces him to ‘confess’ to spying for Ukraine
Estonia to host the Bocuse d’Or Europe culinary competition in 2020
Hunky-Dory: Economic assimilation of the Famine Irish in America
Latvian Diaspora’s Involvement in the Latvian State Independence Renewal Processes 1989–1991
Litvaks, Jews in Lithuania and antisemitism
More names surface in Paleckis spying case in Lithuania
The US Strikes Back Against Russia’s European Gas Empire
Ukrainians become largest foreign community in Lithuania
Latvia marks day of Barricades
Estonia: Guinness World Record in 100 x 10 km relay set in Tallinn officially confirmed
10-year ‘sentence’ for Ukrainian hostage who openly rejected Russian ‘defence’ of Donbas
Latvia to continue to maintain sanctions against Russia until Russia begins to observe international law
Lithuania and Georgia would like to strengthen economic ties, PMs say
Kariņš upbeat about chances of five-party Latvian coalition
Riigikogu speaker attends Irish parliament centenary
Lithuania LNG port aims to be Baltic hub, double flows
Russia mulls fines for country’s maps without Crimea
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