Suwalki Gap is a 100-kilometer stretch of land between Lithuania and Poland. This piece of land has strategic importance to the North Atlantic Alliance, as it connects the Baltic States with other mainland NATO members and is a significant focus for the transfer of troops to the Baltic Allies and their armaments, writes Anastasiia Hatsenko, […]
A total of half-a-million residents of the three Baltic states were deported between 1941 and 1952. Now, in light of reports of similar behavior by Russian troops in the newly occupied territories of Ukraine, some in Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania are reliving that nightmare.
Friday marked the 73rd anniversary of the Soviet mass deportations of tens of thousands of people from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania on March 25-28, 1949. Candles were lit across Estonia on Friday evening in remembrance of the victims of Operation Priboi.
Friday marks the 73rd anniversary of the Soviet mass deportations of tens of thousands of people from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania on March 25-28, 1949. Candles will be lit across Estonia on Friday evening in remembrance of the victims of Operation Priboi.