The Baltic Way catapulted the Estonian, Latvian, and Lithuanian cause into  the world headlines. On August 23rd, 1989, up to two million people joined hands in a north-south human chain to mark the 50th anniversary of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact – the deal between Hitler and Stalin which had carved up Eastern and Central Europe, and consigned the Baltic states to decades of ruinous and brutal foreign occupation. It united three countries that under Soviet occupation shared a common fate, but little else. It remains an inspiration to this day – pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong plan their own linked-hands demonstration on the anniversary, this Friday. But it had another effect too.

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Vice President of India M Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday said Lithuania could be an important technology partner for India as he underlined the immense potential for growth in bilateral trade between the two countries. Addressing the Indian community at the Lithuanian capital Vilnius, Naidu also called upon the diaspora to serve as a bridge in strengthening economic and cultural relations between the two countries.

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The Curonian Spit lies between two bodies of water; the Baltic Sea to its east, and the Curonian lagoon to its west. [...] In ‘Between Two Shores’, Lithuanian photographer Tadas Kazakevičius has captured the Baltic mythos inherent to this salty stretch of earth; its presence draped dazzlingly over his portraits of both people and landscape.
“Creating ‘Between Two Shores’ was a very unearthly experience”, Kazakevičius tells us, noting the power of the landscape. “From the beginning, until the final execution, there was a feeling that the land was giving me clues on how it [the narrative] should be formed.”

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