About: Latvia
Why it is crucial to end orphanage-style care systems in Europe
Strengthening families and tackling child poverty goes hand-in-hand with ending institutional care for children, writes Jana Hainsworth.
Warsaw NATO Summit: Time to act
Tomasz Poręba discusses the ever-growing threat coming from Russia and the importance of the upcoming Warsaw NATO Summit in order to strengthen Europe’s eastern border.
EU must not backslide on sexual and reproductive rights
It would have been hard to miss the recent furore caused by Donald Trump’s flip-flopping around on the Republican abortion bandwagon. But frankly, what worries me much more is what is happening here in Europe, writes Caroline Hickson.
Misuse of EU funds holds back Europe’s clean energy transition
The new member states from Central Europe misuse the EU funding aimed at decarbonizing their energy systems, writes Markus Trilling, who takes stock of a report published today (26 January).
An appeal from Central Europe on the refugee crisis
Unlike the former colonial powers, Central European states have little experience of co-existing with people of different cultures. But in refusing to help, they undermine the solidarity that other nations have shown towards them, write politicians, artists and intellectuals from Central Europe.
Eastern countries deserve an enlargement perspective at the Riga summit
The EU should give a clear enlargement perspective to the Eastern Parthernship countries at the May summit in Riga, writes Krzysztof Bobinski.
Urgent action needed against ‘duo infernale’ of HIV and tuberculosis
Tuberculosis (TB) and multi drug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) are currently experiencing a dangerous upsurge across Europe. It is a public health crisis that is receiving too little attention, write Giovanni Battista Migliori and Stefano Alberti.
The new generation of Baltic Russian speakers
It is helpful to try to understand the new generation of Russian speaking young adults and their views in order to understand the complexity of the dynamics faced by populations of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, writes Agnia Grigas.