In the latest rankings, based on 2022 figures, New Zealand had slipped 10 places – one of the worst performances in the top 40 countries ... and three books of short stories based on travel to mainly ...

The grid was the final remaining link to Russia for the three countries, which reemerged as independent nations in the early 1990s at the fall of the Soviet Union, and joined the European Union and ...

Viking have introduced a new comprehensive Scandinavian voyage to their cruising repertoire. The 22-day Icons of the Viking ...

A recent U.S. sanctions notice has put the spotlight on an alleged narcotics ring from the small Baltic country, which ...

A recent United States sanctions notice has put the spotlight on an alleged drug ring from Lithuania, purportedly headed by a ...

For example, the U.S. has long been highly interested in Estonia's rare earth metals. Everyone knows that there is ...

Born in the north and east of Europe, the Baltic porter has ... Like a lot of great beers, the Baltic porter has a nautical history. Let’s go back the 1700s, when the English brought the porter ...

A t a canteen ​ in Leningrad in December 1941, a man queued for two hours, handed over his ration card, received a bowl of soup and a bowl of porridge, ate the soup and died. A crowd formed around him ...

Latvian translator Valda Salmiņa (born in 1962) earned a bachelor’s degree in philology with a specialization in German ...

A PRETTY UK city has two rather unusual claims to fame – with the home of chocolate and a massive Viking event. Hundreds of ...

Trump aid freeze threatens troop support as North Korea partially withdraws forces - US aid freeze is a ‘very severe blow’, Ukrainian soldier’s wife says ...