Europe - Baltic
SUVs to be requisitioned if Estonia declares defense emergency
SUVs will be requisitioned by the state should Estonia declare martial law or if there is an emergency related to defense, Eesti…
Estonia says it repelled major cyber attack
Estonia has repelled "the most extensive cyber attacks since 2007", shortly after removing Soviet monuments in a region with an ethnic Russian…
Estonian visa cancellation has ordinary Russians worried
Estonia this week will close its border to more than 50,000 Russians with previously issued visas, the first country in the European…
Latvia, Estonia withdraw from China cooperation group
VILNIUS (Reuters) - Latvia and Estonia withdrew from a cooperation group between China and over a dozen Central and Eastern European countries…
Estonia to stop Russians from entering with Estonian-issued visas
Estonia said it will from next week prevent most Russians from entering the country with visas issued by Estonian authorities, cutting off…
Latvia declares Russia a ‘state sponsor of terrorism’
Latvian MPs on Thursday adopted a statement declaring Russia a "state sponsor of terrorism" and said its actions in Ukraine constituted "targeted…
Estonia protests to Russia about ‘unacceptable’ violation of its airspace
Estonia summoned the Russian ambassador and formally protested about the violation of its airspace by a Russian helicopter on Tuesday, the foreign…
UPDATED: Russia’s Gazprom halts gas supplies to Latvia
July 30 (Reuters) - Russian gas producer Gazprom GAZP.MM said on Saturday it had stopped sending gas to Latvia after accusing it…
Estonia stops issuing visas, residence permits for Russian students
(Reuters) - Estonia announced it would no longer issue visas or residence permits for Russian citizens wanting to study in the small…
Photo story: The International Sand Sculpture Park in Jelgava, Latvia
Visitors look at the demo sculpture, a sand replica of Michelangelo's sculpture 'Pieta (The Pity)', made by Latvian sculptors Karlis Ile and…
Photo Story: City Festival in Kuldiga, Latvia
Members of Dutch Bicycle Orchestra perform during city festival in Kuldiga, Latvia. It had already become a tradition that on the third…
Estonian PM regains ruling majority, warns of tough times ahead
TALLINN (Reuters) - The new cabinet of Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas was sworn in on Monday, re-establishing political stability, but she…