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

The Northern European / UpNorth, brings together Nordic and Baltic Sea region views, issues and features the best ideas and culture that the region has to offer. The Northern European / UpNorth, ...

The Northern European / UpNorth, brings together Nordic and Baltic Sea region views, issues and features the best ideas and culture that the region has to offer. The Northern European / UpNorth, ...

The Northern European / UpNorth, brings together Nordic and Baltic Sea region views, issues and features the best ideas and culture that the region has to offer. The Northern European / UpNorth, ...

Text of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya’s keynote address delivered at April 1, 2026, “Defending Democracy’s Frontline Defenders” event at thte Embassy of Canada in Berlin. We… The Northern European / ...

Text of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya’s keynote address delivered at April 1, 2026, “Defending Democracy’s Frontline Defenders” event at thte Embassy of Canada in Berlin. We… The Northern European / ...

Text of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya’s keynote address delivered at April 1, 2026, “Defending Democracy’s Frontline Defenders” event at thte Embassy of Canada in Berlin. We… The Northern European / ...

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: ...

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 ...

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.