My recent essay for New Eastern Europe discussing some dire #military legacies left by Soviet occupation & the #geopolitical obstacles that #Estonia 🇪🇪 overcame to modernize its national #security system is now also available online in full thanks to Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung EU | Global Dialogue pl.boell.org/en/2025/07/24/…

🇪🇪🏝️ Kuressaare are arguably Europe's most unique top-flight island club in that they play in Saaremaa but train in Tallinn. Since 2020, the club have been training in the capital but going by ferry to home games, meaning their away games are often closer than their home ones.

We're proud to spotlight our next citizen from Vilnius, the #EUGreenCapital 2025🇱🇹! Žymantas Morkvėnas shows through decades of passionate, creative conservation that protecting nature means working with people, not fighting against them. 🔗Read more: kont.ly/18bd6aaa

The Stasys Museum in Panevėžys by IMPLMNT architects draws inspiration from artist Stasys Eidrigevičius’ principles of simplicity, logic, and fantasy. buff.ly/T4DBPdu

A thread on Pagan Dialects of Narew! If it piques your interest you can read my article about this mad story on Deep Baltic: deepbaltic.com/2024/05/22/wor…

Estonia- “the unsung Nordic nation.” Another article by the ⁦BBC⁩ on why you should visit Estonia 🇪🇪 #estonia bbc.com/travel/article…

For years now, a new opioid class has been replacing fentanyl: nitazenes. Last month, I traveled to the nitazene epidemic’s unlikely epicenter, Estonia, where I dug deep into a marginalized underworld rarely seen by outsiders. My latest for UnHerd: unherd.com/2025/09/the-es…

Gallery: 'Boat of Tears' commemorates thousands of #Estonians who fled by sea in 1944 news.err.ee/1609807416/gal… #ERR

Is Narva next? No — Narva is first in Europe. Here, Europe has taken a key step toward reducing its dependence on China for rare-earth magnets, critical to clean technologies. The continent’s first production facility has opened in Narva, capable of supplying magnets for over a

🇺🇸🇪🇪🇱🇻🇱🇹 Trump administration considers the Baltic states dangerously aggressive in their stance toward Putin, - Opinion in FT. "In Washington, I've heard complaints about 'Estonianization' of European foreign policy. Some members of the Trump administration consider the Baltic

A nice list of false friends between two languages that are not as close as many people think. Was recently chatting to a Lithuanian who was doing project work in Riga, and he was v amused his boss was called Ģirts (which, as shown here, very nearly means "drunk" in LT)

On what is allegedly the best bar in the Baltics instagram.com/balticsunderth…

Finally got round recently to reading this book I've had for a while - a lovely concept: guides to countries that don't exist anymore. Their new one is on the Habsburg Empire. Would be fun, though challenging, to try to do one on the fairly bizarre Duchy of Courland

The United States' Baltic allies continue to lobby and are hopeful that Washington will keep thousands of its troops in Europe, notably in countries closest to Russia, but they have yet to receive the assurances they seek, ministers said. reuters.com/world/baltic-s…

Fun to talk about Arvo Pärt on Front Row last night with Kate Molleson and David James - preparing for which I came across this gobsmacking Deep Baltic article on Estonia's Soviet-era underground scene. A Mass by William Byrd played by a rock band? deepbaltic.com/2025/07/08/thr…

The rise of English in the Baltics is a common discussion point on Baltic subreddits. Many young Latvians opt to speak to one another in English, not Latvian. When they do speak Latvian, English loan words and phrases are common. Most consume very little Latvian media.

"Lobin had no access to sensitive information; his task was mainly to gauge what was happening in Narva and, more broadly, in local politics — who was pro-Estonian, who was pro-Russian, and who might be the next targets for recruitment." balticsentinel.eu/8331193/estoni…

Peak Estonia. Roadside plant stand, not a soul around. Pick a plant you like, leave the money in the jar. The apples are free. They were a welcome refreshment on the bike trip from Taevaskoja to Tartu.

False Alarms: and Real Ones | "Western scaremongering about the Baltics’ vulnerability is missing the real threat." Edward Lucas cepa.org/article/false-…

On June 14 , 1940, just before agreement with Nazis and occupation of Baltics, USSR shoot down Finnair civilian plane departured from Tallinn, Estonia. Most probably to prevent transfer of diplomatic mail on board. #RussianHistory #WWII #BalticHistory voanews.com/a/divers-find-…