business planet Helping Baltic businesses to become cleaner and greener The LIFE/Fit for REACH project aims to reduce the use of hazardous chemicals in the Baltic region by helping SMEs to develop best practice when it comes to chemical management. Agnese Meija-Toropova is from the Baltic Environmental Forum Latvia, which coordinates the project. 10/01/2020
World 'Vel Gaelg ayd?' The obscure European languages that came back to life Thousands of languages face extinction, but some are fighting back. 27/09/2019
View Arms Trade Treaty offers hope as multi-lateral relations falter ǀ View 104 countries have now ratified the ATT, and they will meet this week in Geneva [...]. This annual meeting is the main mechanism for the implementation of the treaty, and sees states report on the progress of effective implementation, transparency and universalisation of the treaty. 27/08/2019
Lithuania 'Trembling with elation & fear': One man's memories of the Baltic Way Meet the man who joined two million Latvians, Lithuanians and Estonians in forming a massive human chain on August 23, 1989, to call for independence from the Soviet Union. 23/08/2019
world news Explainer: The 600-km human chain that helped collapse communism Friday marks the 30th anniversary since two million people from Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania joined hands and made a 600-kilometre human chain that spread across the three Baltic states. 23/08/2019
Lithuania Meet the pilot who defied KGB orders to drop flowers on Baltic Way Meet the pilot who defied KGB orders to drop flowers on Baltic Way 23/08/2019
Latvia On the frontline of the Estonia-Latvia booze tax war A booze tax war has broken out between Estonia and Latvia, but, at a border town on the frontline, there is little sign it’s had much impact. 03/08/2019
Latvia Bed and breakfast behind bars: Dark tourism in Latvia A former military prison formerly run by the Nazis and the Soviets is now offering a "historical interactive reality show involving the audience." 04/05/2019
Raw Politics Raw Politics in full: : Vox ban and EU whistleblower win Watch Wednesday's full episode of Raw Politics. 17/04/2019
View Automated technologies at EU borders and the future of Fortress Europe ǀ View The deployment of new technologies [...] to automate EU border security systems, raises multiple human rights concerns. While the past and present human rights implications of Fortress Europe have been widely catalogued, future ones [...], urgently need addressing. 27/03/2019
world news Uber may have to re-route EU business plan after European Court ruling Popular ride-hailing firm Uber sees its European operations hampered after claims of unfair competition by local taxi drivers and an EU court ruling 28/01/2019
View It's time the EU helped all farmers - not just the richest ones | View Farmers in the Baltic states are paid the least in farming subsidies, despite needing the most financial support. It's time the EU acted and redressed the inbalance between the richer member states and those in most need of the EU's help. 07/12/2018
Latvia Latvian smitten as Baltic country toasts its centenary Latvians are being urged to toast the country’s centenary ... by wearing special mittens. 18/11/2018
Latvia From war port to artistic hub: The transformation of Latvia’s Karosta Artists from Latvia are helping to turn a troubled port neighbourhood long viewed as a place of imprisonment into a hub of creative freedom. 14/11/2018
Fashion Up-cycling, fashion history, and Stalinist architecture in Riga A journey through Latvian fashion, history and architecture, past and present, during Riga Fashion Week. 07/11/2018
The Cube Latvia warns against spread of fake spider news Police in Riga are on the hunt for an unidentified individual, who has been putting up posters that consist of false information about an infestation of poisonous spiders in the Latvian capital 31/07/2018
View It is time for small states to start thinking big | View Though, many of Trump’s policies seem to be aimed at large states, it is small states that perhaps have the most to lose from Trump’s policies. 20/07/2018
Latvia Children go native as Latvian schools say 'Nē' to Russian A war of linguistics erupts in Riga as government plans to move schools to teach only in Latvian meet with disdain from Russian speaking parents 20/07/2018
Estonia Rail Baltica: how Brexit is casting doubt over €5.8bn Estonia-Poland train line It’s a €5.8 billion Baltics rail link that has been described as the most important project for Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia since their independence. But the scheme’s CEO has admitted there are no guarantees over its future financing. 12/04/2018
Latvia Why Latvia is one of Europe's most dangerous countries to drive in Road traffic deaths have gone down in Latvia in recent years — but the Baltic state's roads remain the most deadly compared to most European countries. Euronews explains why 22/02/2018
Latvia Latvia Central Bank governor detained by anti-graft agency There are calls for Ilmars Rimsevics to temporarily step down from his post while an inquiry takes place. 18/02/2018
Bulgaria The world’s fastest-falling populations 'will be in eastern Europe' Bulgaria is estimated to shrink the most over the coming decades, but a host of other countries in eastern Europe are also in the firing line: Latvia, Moldova, Ukraine, Croatia, Lithuania, Romania, Serbia, Poland and Hungary. 26/01/2018
Latvia The new Latvian cuisine heroes We travel to Latvia to meet exciting fresh talents transforming Riga and region in a culinary hotspot. 18/12/2017
world news Zapad 2017: what you need to know about Belarus and Russia's military exercises This week Russia and Belarus are conducting drills that have worried Nato members. 15/09/2017
world news Europe ups defence spending for first time in seven years Europe’s spending on defence has edged up for the first time in seven years, new figures have revealed, amid fears of Russian aggression in the Baltics. 25/05/2017
Russia How illicit Russian money was allegedly siphoned into EU and beyond What are the accusations? 22/03/2017
