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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

World

Raw Politics in full: : Vox ban and EU whistleblower win

Watch Wednesday's full episode of Raw Politics.

17/04/2019

World News

Euroviews. 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

World News

Euroviews. 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

Living

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

Europe Decoded

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

World News

Euroviews. 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

World News

The world is 'failing' newborn babies — UNICEF

Infants from the best places to be born are up to 50 times more likely to die in the first month of life

19/02/2018

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