From Catalan separatists to Hong Kong pro-democracy activists, the human chain that helped the Baltic states win independence from the Soviet Union three decades ago still inspires freedom-seekers ...

This Friday marks the 35th anniversary of the Baltic Way, a mass demonstration on August 23, 1989 in which two million people formed a more than 670-kilometer human chain across Estonia, Latvia and ...

Celebrating the anniversary of the peaceful – yet powerful – political demonstration, Friday’s special commemorative concert in Vilnius will feature over 200 performers from across the Baltics.

A Baltic beacon for freedom in Europe Estonia ... In 1989, the people of the three nations joined hands – literally, in a 430-mile-long human chain – to protest Soviet rule.

During the Spring 2025 semester, Daniel B. Hess, professor in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, will visit the Institute of Architecture and Design at Riga Technical University (RTU), ...

Latvia’s tumultuous history, from medieval times through Soviet occupation, has forged a resilient national identity. The Freedom Monument in Riga and the Museum of the Occupation of Latvia ...

The Baltic Sea region is on alert and the NATO alliance has boosted its presence after a series of power cable, telecom and gas pipeline outages since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022.

Incredibly, this is not the oldest champagne ever found on a Baltic shipwreck. In 2010, diving instructor Christian Ekstrom and his team discovered 30 or so bottles of bubbly on a sunken ship near ...

NATO is sending long-range surveillance aircraft to Lithuania for a mission across the Baltics, the alliance said in a recent statement. The first of three E-3A AWACS planes is currently operating ...