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- Latvia, Estonia, Sweden, Finland transfer humanitarian aid to Donbas
A ceremony marking the transfer of humanitarian aid from volunteer organizations of Latvia, Estonia, Sweden and Finland to the population of Donetsk and Luhansk regions has taken place in Kramatorsk on January 13. ...
Anastasia Shepeleva. Kyiv Post. Tue, 14 Jan 2020 12:28:57 +0000. - Woman faces life in jail after lover killed her ex husband in 'duel'
Asta Juskauskiene, 35, left her husband Giedruis Juskauskas, when she started seeing Mantas Kvedaras, after meeting the 25-year-old online following his release from prison in Lithuania.
Daily Mail. Fri, 10 Jan 2020 15:49:52 GMT. - Secrets of Germany's 'Alcatraz' virus island revealed
On a Baltic Sea island once used by the Nazis for biological weapon research, German scientists are developing virus vaccines that could save lives.
The Local. Sat, 28 Dec 2019 10:47:42 +0100. - Transmute Coin Introduces Process for Recycling Carbon-based Materials with Zero CO2 Emission & Waste Pollution
TALLINN, Estonia, Dec. 25, 2019 -- Coldfall introduces Transmute Coins to gain support for the process of recycling carbon-based materials with Zero CO2 Emission and waste pollution. ...
PR Newswire. Wed, 25 Dec 2019 12:11:00 +0000. - Boris Johnson in pre-Christmas visit to UK troops in Estonia
Boris Johnson stresses the UK commitment to Nato on a visit to the alliance's mission in Estonia.
BBC News. Sat, 21 Dec 2019 14:54:19 GMT. - Sanna Marin: Estonia apologises after minister mocks Finland PM
Far-right interior minister Mart Helme described Finland's PM Sanna Marin as "a sales girl".
BBC News. Tue, 17 Dec 2019 01:14:20 GMT. - An Aggressive Turkey Is Raising Risks Of Conflict In The Mediterranean Sea
As maritime observers fret over the South China Sea, The Baltic Sea and the Persian Gulf, the placid Mediterranean Sea is off the geopolitical radar and, thanks to Turkey's brinkmanship, hurtling towards the precipice.
By Craig Hooper, Contributor. Forbes. Mon, 16 Dec 2019 23:53:51 +0000. - Scientists link decline of baltic cod to hypoxia -- and climate change
If you want to know how climate change and hypoxia -- the related loss of oxygen in the world's oceans -- affect fish species such as the economically important Baltic cod, all you have to do is ask the fish. ...
Science Daily. Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:55:26 EST. - Stanley Sloan, anti-Trump speaker, prompts NATO seminar cancellation
TALLINN, Estonia — The Danish Atlantic Council says it has canceled a U.S. government-sponsored seminar on NATO and transatlantic relations after the U.S. ...
Washington Times. Sun, 08 Dec 2019 12:23:17 -0500. - Ending divisive meeting, NATO agrees to Baltics defence plan
Erdogan appears to back down on threat to block defence plan, as Trump clashes with Trudeau.
Al Jazeera. Wed, 04 Dec 2019 14:52:41 GMT. - Tsar Nicholas II's Last Shipment of Booze Recovered From the Baltic Sea
Salvagers hope that some of the 900 bottles of cognac and Benedictine are still drinkable
Smithsonian. Wed, 13 Nov 2019 20:08:09 +0000. - Czar's Booze Discovered on Ship Sunk by a U-Boat in the Baltic Sea in 1917
Hundreds of bottles of cognac and Benedictine liqueur have been salvaged from a ship sunk by a German U-boat in the Baltic Sea in 1917.
Live Science. Tue, 12 Nov 2019 12:59:49 +0000.
Facts About the Baltic States
The Republic of Estonia is governed by an elected unicameral Parliament, which elects a President. Estonia's capital city is Talinn, and its national currency is the Kroon. The primary language used by Estonians is Estonian and in 2007, the estimated population of Estonia was 1,316,000.
The Republic of Latvia is governed by an elected Parliament, which elects a President who, in turn, appoints a Prime Minister. Latvia's capital city is Riga, and its national currency is the Lat. The country's national language is Latvian and in 2007, the Latvia's population was estimated at 2,260,000.
The Republic of Lithuania is governed by a unicameral Parliament and an elected President who appoints a Prime Minister. Lithuania's capital city is Vilnius, and its national currency is the Litas. The national language of Lithuania is Lithuanian, and in 2007, the nation's estimated population was 3,575,000.