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The expansion, funded by three alumni donors, includes new initiatives and events planned for the upcoming year.

The European Studies Council at the MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies at Yale continues to expand its Baltic Studies Program, an interdisciplinary forum for the study of the Baltic Sea countries of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.  

The inability of some NATO allies in the West to not see the bigger picture in Ukraine is costing lives every day. While...

Wingate University becomes destination for Baltic books, accumulating 1,400 volumes of works by Baltic authors and about the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

Relations between Poland and Belarus escalated to the limit. Warsaw has blocked the movement of trucks and threatens to completely block the border

Estonians living abroad cite right-wing populist politics as one of several negative aspects about Estonia, according to a recent survey. Perceptions of the Estonian national character were also referred to, in a negative light. Of more positive sides to Estonia mentioned, the e-state, the natural environment and various noted people from the fields of culture and sport featured prominently.

Ethnic Estonians and Russian-speakers differ over the war in Ukraine, prompting government fears over integration.

What and who is behind the recent proposal to revoke the recognition of Lithuania’s independence in the Russian Duma? Br...

About fifteen per cent of Estonia’s population are foreign-born migrants; a recent study looked into the biggest grievances of the foreigners who have decided to settle in Estonia and discovered that in addition to learning the local language, migrants have other issues, too, they’re not completely happy with.