China's investments in the Baltic countries are so far insignificant, but the Chinese have their eyes on large strategic infrastructure projects, developments that are simultaneously tempting and worrying to the Baltics.
The rise of Chinese influence in the world - and its consequences - has been one of the main topics in international relations in recent years. The US trade war, Europe's attempt to create a common policy against China's attempts to establish special relations with groups within the EU, China's massive investment program for building infrastructure to create new trade routes - it all applies to us, too.
Squeezed between geopolitics and wary of Chinese espionage threats, the Baltic countries look to Brussels for guidance on what to do with Huawei and their 5G networks
The objectives of China's soft power in the Baltic states are to prevent the rise of uncomfortable foreign policy issues like autonomy for Tibet and to disseminate Beijing's worldview through Confucius Institutes.
The Baltic Center for Investigative Journalism Re:Baltica has launched a fact-checking and social media research lab Re:Check where professional team will verify the truthfulness of claims by significant public figures, deconstruct lies and research communication trends on social networks.
A major donor of Latvia's biggest pro-Russian party Harmony has received payments from offshore companies used in the Magnitsky affair and the Azerbaijani laundromat, but says he cannot remember a thing about it.
After almost a year of haggling Latvia’s financial sector supervisors have finally agreed how they will probe cleanliness of funds at ABLV, the bank which is about to be wound up following allegations of institutionalized money laundering. This process has gathered dark clouds on the horizon for Pēters Putniņš, Latvia’s chief financial supervisor.
Training will take place April 15 to 19, 2019 in Riga.
To fight the decreasing number of students, Estonia has merged nine of its Russian and Estonian secondary schools under one roof. It has proven to be a struggle for everyone.