Lithuania
Molotov-Ribbentrop: Pact's Bitter Legacy Remains In Eastern Europe
August 21, 2009By Brian Whitmore Valentins Trojans remembers the marauding bands of Red Army soldiers going from farmhouse to farmhouse in his rural Latvia, looting watches, shoes, and clothing. Harijs Ruks recalls being interrogated by a sadistic Soviet officer...
Molotov-Ribbentrop: Different Wikipedias Tell Different Stories
August 21, 2009By Robert Coalson It is the Internet age’s reference of first resort -- the online encyclopedia Wikipedia. Millions of people every day turn to it to get “just the facts” on everything from beekeeping to the battle of Austerlitz...
Moscow attempts to reinterpret the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact
August 20, 2009By Pavel Felgenhauer Russian Manipulation of History: "the Art of Interpretation" To mark the 70th anniversary of the signing of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact by Russia (USSR) and Nazi Germany on August 23, 1939, the Foreign Intelligence...
Cardin, Hastings Lead Congress's Delegation to Balkans, Baltics
June 22, 2009Senator Benjamin L. Cardin (D-MD), Chairman of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (U.S. Helsinki Commission) and Co-Chairman Congressman Alcee L. Hastings (D-FL), will lead a bipartisan Congressional delegation to Bosnia-Herzegovina...
Central Europe’s Emerging Far-Right
June 12, 2009By Eva M. Blaszczynski & Peter B. Doran, Analysts at the Center for European Policy Analysis Executive Summary The June 2009 European Parliamentary (EP) elections highlighted a worrisome trend in Central European politics. Alarmed by the global...
Analysis: Russian oil pipeline shutoff to Lithuania: wider ramifications
June 06, 2007Author: Vladimir Socor, Eurasia Daily Monitor Moscow’s closure of the oil pipeline to Lithuania in July 2006 “looked, sounded, and felt” (see EDM, August 3, 18, 2006) like political and economic retaliation against the privatization...
