The attitudes of Western powers toward the Baltic states were in 1945—1990 steadily affected by how they perceived Baltic history: whether it even existed and if so, what did its most recent phase ...

History looks strikingly different when the viewing angle is canted away from the ordinary. Writing the history of the Baltic region means bringing into a common frame the histories of Sweden, Finland ...

The Baltic States of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, which had been independent between the two world wars, were annexed by the Kremlin in June of 1940, during the dramatic days when Paris fell to the ...

When I lived in the Baltics in the early 1990s, we used to pooh-pooh the prospect of NATO membership. The obstacles seemed insurmountable: Soviet occupation soldiers who wouldn’t go home; disputed ...

Pope Francis kicked off a Baltic tour in Catholic Lithuania on Saturday where he will honour victims of the region's Nazi and Soviet occupations as the Church reels from fresh clerical abuse scandals.

Metal detectorists scanning a Baltic Sea beach in Poland have discovered a spectacular Hallstatt period dagger dating back approximately 2,800 years. The intricately decorated weapon, found embedded ...

All my life, I’ve heard stories of my grandpa’s experience during World War I—how the Germans invaded his native Latvia when he was just 14, how he had to flee as a refugee and was separated from his ...

This year's London Baltic Film Festival (LBFF), which showcases some of the top features and short films from Estonia, Latvia ...

This week marks 20 years since the opening of the Baltic Centre For Contemporary Art in Gateshead. Looming over the River Tyne, the imposing building's unmissable presence alongside the Millennium ...

VILNIUS: Pope Francis began a Baltic tour in Catholic Lithuania on Saturday, honouring victims of the region's Nazi and Soviet occupations as the Church scrambles to contain the fallout from fresh ...