Text of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya’s keynote address delivered at April 1, 2026, “Defending Democracy’s Frontline Defenders” ...

During my years at school, maps hung on our classroom walls on which the Finnish borders were clear, as were those of the Soviet Union; Estonia however, did not appear on the map. A country that is ...

As for my personal perception, I’m not ashamed to say to the citizens who voted for me, that throughout these eight years, I have worked like a galley slave. I am pleased with the results of my work ...

Sofi Oksanen speaking at the Toronto Conference on Repressions and Human Rights. March 27, 2015 Photo: UpNorth Sofi Oksanen’s speech at the Toronto Conference on Repressions and Human Rights: ...

Professor and former Finnish ambassador, Alpo Rusi and the former party secretary of The Finnish Centre Party, author Jarmo Korhonen have published a new book titled “The Kremlin’s Footsteps – ...

Will Mawhood follows up his visit to Latvia’s most Russian city, Daugavpils, with a visit to one of its most Latvian, Kuldiga, for UpNorth Stand in Kuldīga’s main square on a sunny day and you could ...

Eighty years ago this month, as the world’s attention was focused on Nazi German troops that were marching down the Champs-Élysées in Paris, The Soviet Union invaded Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, ...

The October local elections marked a transformation in Estonian politics. The Center Party, which traditionally dominated the major cities’ politics, lost a significant vote share. Smaller parties on ...

Both outgoing President Biden and the newly inaugurated President Trump have been consistent in their statements: the USA does not want World War III. This is a noble goal and one that suits Estonians ...

When people in Moscow or the West talk about “nationality problems” in Russia, they typically focus on ethnic groups which, because of their large size, activism or political utility, have the status ...

A unique exhibition of non-Nordic work by young Finnish photographers opened last week in Helsinki. The exhibition runs to March 1, 2015.

I’m aboard the Riga-Daugavpils train, and we’re rattling along in an unhurried way from Latvia’s capital to its second-largest city; a distance of roughly 140 miles that takes us around four hours.