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...Several Eastern European countries, including Hungary, Romania, and the Baltic states, are in a state of near meltdown, yet Western nations are prioritizing their own domestic difficulties. In the name of self-preservation, European solidarity, and long-term political strength, western EU countries have no option but to aid their neighbors. As severe recessions plague even the strongest economies in Europe, however, the cost of solidarity will undeniably be expensive...
...Czechs oppose the plan, which would needlessly put them at risk of armed conflict with Russia. Last year, President Medvedev announced that Russia would be relocating several SS-26 “Iskander” missiles to Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia’s small exclave of territory on the Baltic coast that borders NATO members Poland and Lithuania. While these plans have been temporarily put on hold, the Russian threat should be taken seriously, not needlessly provoked...
...encapsulate the experiences of a family coping with an unexpected death. Not long into the film, Trudi Angermeier (Hannelore Elsner) discovers that her husband Rudi (Elmar Wepper) is going to die. Concealing this fact, she convinces him that they need a vacation, but then unexpectedly dies herself on the Baltic Coast. Initially unable to relinquish his grief, the aging Rudi travels to Japan carrying all his money and a suitcase of his wife’s clothing in an attempt to transport her spirit to the one country she had always longed to visit. Once in Tokyo, which takes...
...world system threaded together by commerce and collaboration. Cretan fish motifs adorn the frescoes from a Syrian nobleman's house hundreds of miles away from the sea. Recovered relics from the 20-ton cargo of the world's oldest shipwreck span communities from the Red Sea to the faraway Baltic. (See pictures of New York City...
...Lithuania BALTIC RIOTS Just days after clashes in the Latvian capital Riga, unrest triggered by mounting economic woes spread to neighboring Lithuania, where protesters in Vilnius hurled eggs and rocks through the windows of the Parliament building (above). After enjoying years of rapid growth, the two former Soviet republics have been pummeled by the global financial crisis; Latvia has experienced the sharpest economic reversal among E.U. nations. Discord over controversial reforms has imperiled their governments, with members of Latvia's ruling coalition calling for early elections...