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After languishing for decades, the Baltic countries have dusted off their fusty image as a second-rate travel destination and are now one of the hottest tickets in the international cruise market.
Following World War II, thousands of tons of German chemical weapons were dumped into the Baltic Sea. Today, some scientists argue that the submerged weapons pose no imminent threat. Others ...
In the Baltic countries of Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia, the art scene articulates a complex regionalism, one that considers a relationship embedded with Europe and post-Soviet identities. The ...
The Baltic states and NATO are training troops, repositioning armor and bulking up other defenses to counter Moscow’s increasingly bellicose stance toward Russia’s neighbors.
Last week, the Baltic state of Latvia completed its removal of a 79-meter tall World War II monument dedicated to the defeat of Nazi Germany. The demolition of the Monument to the Liberators of ...
The Baltic Flour Mill was built for Joseph Rank Limited. Construction work began on the factory in the late 1930s, was discontinued during World War II, before the flour mill was finally opened in ...
TO-DAY'S VOYAGERS TO EUROPE.; The Kaiserin Auguste Victoria, the Baltic, and the Provence Sail. MUSEUM'S NEW TREASURES. Metropolitan Acquires Rare Paintings, Panels, and Sculpture.
Germany has deployed its first permanent military brigade abroad since World War II, sending 5,000 troops to Lithuania as part of NATO's bolstered presence on the alliance's eastern border.This ...
The Baltic Sea holds many secrets from past wars. Some of them are deadly. For decades, barrels filled with toxic chemicals ...
To better understand this, one must know that at the end of World War II, an estimated 300,000 tonnes of unexploded munitions were knowingly dumped into the Baltic Sea, primarily off the coast of ...
THE year is 2027. Vladimir Putin has emerged victorious in Ukraine and launched his much-feared invasion of the Baltics, sending columns of tanks over the border. British soldiers stationed in Esto… ...