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The Estonian folk music quartet 6hunesseq performs during Tallinn Music Week. From left to right, Marion Selgall, Greta Liisa Grünberg, Maria Mänd and Kaisa Kuslapuu.

All-women Estonian quartet brings ancient folk music to the forefront

The small Baltic nation of Estonia is experiencing a folk music renaissance, with young musicians bringing traditional songs and instruments to the forefront in an attempt to reassert a unique Estonian identity and keep the country’s ancient heritage alive.

All-women Estonian quartet brings ancient folk music to the forefront
In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Lithuania's President Gitanas Nauseda, left, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy attend a welcoming ceremony in Presidential Courtyard, Vilnius, Lithuania, Jan. 10, 2024.

Zelenskiy visits Baltic states to rally support for Ukraine

Zelenskiy visits Baltic states to rally support for Ukraine
Cars queuing to cross the border into Kazakhstan at the Mariinsky border crossing, about (250 miles south of Chelyabinsk, Russia, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022.

Anti-war Russians who fled for safety now face deportation

Anti-war Russians who fled for safety now face deportation
A close up of a man in uniform as tanks drive in Red Square in Moscow

How Russia laid the groundwork for future disinformation campaigns

How Russia laid the groundwork for future disinformation campaigns
A person on an orange bicycle rides past a billboard of people with masks

Baltic 'bubble' looks to reopen regional travel

Baltic 'bubble' looks to reopen regional travel
People look at a visualization on a wall

Don't let your vote get stolen — 5 essential reads about disinformation in 2020

Who’s manipulating what you know before you vote?

Don't let your vote get stolen — 5 essential reads about disinformation in 2020
A solider positioned in shrubbery.

NATO at 70: 'Not anti-Russian,' but committed to securing member states

NATO celebrates its 70th anniversary this week. Estonian Ambassador Jonatan Vseviov says that the alliance — and its commitment to all member states — is ironclad and stronger than ever.

NATO at 70: 'Not anti-Russian,' but committed to securing member states
Russia's President Vladimir Putin, right, delivers a speech as 4 men and one woman sit in chairs on the stage

Countering Russian disinformation the Baltic nations’ way

European countries, especially the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, have confronted Russian disinformation campaigns for decades. Their experience may offer useful lessons as the US joins the battle.

Countering Russian disinformation the Baltic nations’ way
Informatics teacher Jevgeni Mihhailov inspects computers in an empty classroom in a school in Tallinn, Estonia, on March 7, 2012.

In Estonia, almost everything — from voting to updating medical records — can be done online

Estonia has a population less than half that of Silicon Valley. But the small Baltic nation has managed to put itself on the map as on of the most digitally innovative countries in the world through it's E-Stonia project, which has digitized almost all aspects of citizen life.

In Estonia, almost everything — from voting to updating medical records — can be done online
NATO eFP battle group soldiers wait for NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg visit the Tapa military base in Estonia.

Russian hackers may have a new target — NATO soldiers' smartphones

A campaign that Western military are linking to Russian hackers has targeted the contingent of 4,000 NATO troops deployed to Poland and the Baltic states this year, to protect the alliance’s European border with Russia.

Russian hackers may have a new target — NATO soldiers' smartphones
Lithuanian soldiers during military exercises in Rapina, Estonia.

Unease in the Baltics as US allies watch Trump praise Putin

Three US senators traveled to the Baltics to try to calm the jangled nerves of leaders worried that the US will abandon NATO.

Unease in the Baltics as US allies watch Trump praise Putin
Volunteer soldiers with Estonia's Defense League training near Rabasaare, Estonia. last year

Tiny Estonia trains its people for guerrilla war against Russia

The tiny Baltic nation of Estonia is afraid of Vladimir Putin's Russia. So it's stepping up its military preparations, which focus on preparing the people for guerrilla war. And it's trying to make it fun.

Tiny Estonia trains its people for guerrilla war against Russia
Republican U.S. presidential nominee Donald Trump applauds onstage as his running-mate Indiana Governor Mike Pence concludes his speech during the third night of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. July 20, 2016.

Trump's comments leave some European leaders worried about the future of NATO

When asked if he would defend the Baltic states in the event of a Russian attack, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump was hesitant to offer support.

Trump's comments leave some European leaders worried about the future of NATO
A Polish Air Force MIG-29 fighter and Italian Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon fighters participate during a NATO air policing mission patrol over the Baltics on February 10, 2015.

The West was stunned by Putin's military moves. Here's why NATO says it won't happen again

When Russia moved into Crimea last year, even NATO admits it was caught off-guard. But now a top NATO general says the West is alert to Putin's plans, and is developing its own moves to stop him from expanding any further.

The West was stunned by Putin's military moves. Here's why NATO says it won't happen again
Jonas Tarm

Young composer's Carnegie debut canceled when Nazi music snippet discovered

Jonas Tarm is an up-and-coming composer and his Carnegie Hall debut this month was to be his coming out party. But that won't happen, after a complaint was filed over his composition's inclusion of a 45-second passage of the anthem of Germany's Nazi party.

Young composer's Carnegie debut canceled when Nazi music snippet discovered