Read the latest news from regional and global sources, presenting different voices and perspectives.
World News | Thousands of Voices Unite in Song at Traditional Choir Festival Celebrating Estonia's Culture
Latestly
·
July 6, 2025
Tallinn (Estonia), Jul 6 (AP) The voices of more than 21,000 choir singers rang out in the rain in Estonia, and a huge crowd of spectators erupted in applause, unfazed by the gloomy weather. The Song Festival Grounds, a massive outdoor venue in...
Thousands of voices unite in song at traditional choir festival celebrating Estonia's...
Dayton Daily News - Ohio
·
The four-day choir-singing and dancing event centers around Estonian folk songs and patriotic anthems and is held roughly every five years. The tradition dates back to the 19th century. In the late 1980s, it inspired the defiant Singing...
Thousands of voices unite in song at traditional choir festival celebrating Estonia's culture
Newsday - New York
·
TALLINN, Estonia — The voices of more than 21,000 choir singers rang out in the rain in Estonia, and a huge crowd of spectators erupted in applause, unfazed by the gloomy weather. The Song Festival Grounds, a massive outdoor venue in the Estonian...
How do solar and wind change the electric grid?
Science Feedback
·
July 4, 2025
Source: David Ratledge/CC BY 4.0 Electric grids are not simple. Adding new power plants to the grid is nothing like plugging in a television or a lamp. The reality is far more complicated, and it can vary quite a lot from country to country or...
Upwards of 100K people march in Budapest Pride
Washington Blade - Washington D.C.
·
June 29, 2025
The governments of 20 European Union countries on Tuesday said they are “alarmed” over Hungary’s worsening anti-LGBTQ crackdown. Hungarian lawmakers in March passed a bill that bans Pride events and allow authorities to use facial recognition...
Mein Kampf at 100 — why the most reviled book in history still haunts us
The Times
·
Nuremberg, January 8, 1946. The British prosecutor Frederick Elwyn Jones opened the case against the 21 senior Nazis in the dock, charged with crimes against humanity. Eight months earlier Adolf Hitler had killed himself in his bunker; others...
July 8-9 Schiller Institute European Conference Summary
Pressenza
·
July 4, 2025
by Kevin Gribbroek July 9—A two-day international conference was held this weekend in Strasbourg, France by the Schiller Institute, titled “On the Verge of a New World War: European Nations Must Cooperate with the Global South!” The proceedings...
Should we be letting flies eat our food waste?
BBC
·
MaryLou CostaTechnology Reporter Reporting fromVilnius, Lithuania ShareSave Fly larvae are excellent at converting food waste into protein Most people are inclined to shoo flies away from food, and the thought of maggots in your bins is enough to...
Welfare is the monster destroying our once-great institutions
The Times
·
Nostalgia is the vice of the aged, and it’s difficult to slip into a reverie about about an organisation as sprawling and disparate as the NHS, but lately I’ve been wondering how the great national institutions for which Britain was once globally...
“Wild Fermentation” by Sandor Ellix Katz: A journey into the transformative world of live-culture foods
Natural News
·
June 27, 2025
“Wild Fermentation” by Sandor Ellix Katz: A journey into the transformative world of live-culture foods Sandor Ellix Katz's book "Wild Fermentation" explores the ancient art and science of fermentation, blending practical guidance with a...
Rethinking social protection sustainability: What people want (and don’t want)
VoxEU
·
July 4, 2025
Dramatic gains in life expectancy are one of the greatest achievements of social and public health systems in OECD countries over the past century. Yet population ageing – the combination of longer life expectancy and declining fertility –...
European Defense Commissioner Suggests Creating A Drone Army To Fight Back Against Putin
Charter 97
·
Andrius Kubilius Photo: 15min.lt Andrius Kubilius referred to the example of Ukraine and Lithuania. Military intelligence predicts a Russian attack on NATO allies in the next five years. The EU could face millions of drones. EU Defense and Space...
Spain travel advice including entry requirements, safety and legal rules
Daily Record & Sunday Mail
·
July 5, 2025
Millions of people are set to travel to Spain this summer - here is everything you need to know for your next holiday to Spain... Spain ranks among the world's most popular holiday destinations. The country is known for its Mediterranean climate...
The options Europe is considering against Israel
Ynet
·
July 5, 2025
The European Union is weighing five potential responses to what it defines as "human rights violations by Israel," in Gaza, but the likelihood of imposing sanctions or an embargo remains extremely low due to a lack of consensus and the required...
UK lags behind Kosovo and Kazakhstan in global women’s health table
The Times
·
The UK has dropped down a worldwide women’s health league for the fourth consecutive year, as countries such as Lithuania, Kazakhstan and Saudi Arabia perform better. Experts described the change as “alarming” and “unacceptable”, as it was also...
'Only the Iranian people can rise up, it has to come from within'
Ynet
·
July 5, 2025
Since the wave of Israeli strikes on Iran, Dr. Thamar Eilam Gindin has become a prominent voice in Israeli media, analyzing the fallout and implications. Known to many on TikTok as a “rockstar of war commentary,” she’s been in constant demand,...
Janicke Askevold in post-production on Solomamma
Cineuropa
·
03/07/2025 - The Norwegian director’s sophomore feature is a drama that explores the emotional terrain of single motherhood, looking at questions of identity and human connection Lisa Loven Kongsli in Solomamma (© Bacon Pictures/Torjus Thesen)...
London Lions appoint feasibility partners for new purpose-built basketball arena
SportsPro
·
July 4, 2025
Lions owner Tomas Okmanas has committed to financing project 10,000-seater arena expected to cost hundreds of millions of pounds Proposal has backing of Mayor of London’s office British basketball’s London Lions have appointed the Trivandi and The...
Fantasia Fest Reveals Third Wave Of 2025 Films: Queens Of The Dead, Fixed, It Ends, More
411Mania
·
Fantasia International Film Festival has announced a strong final wave of films for its 2025 edition including Tina Romero’s Queens Of the Dead and more. The biggest genre film festival in North America announced the third wave of titles on...
The sentencing of Bahruz Samadov and the rise of post-war paranoia in Azerbaijan
Global Voices
·
July 5, 2025
Image by Arzu Geybullayeva, created using Canva Pro. On June 23, the Baku Grave Crimes Court sentenced Bahruz Samadov, a peaceful dissident whose case illustrates the regime's stance on opposition, to 15 years in prison. Samadov was detained on...