Category Archives: Latvia

“Sovietistan” and “The Border” by Erika Fatland

Posted on 2021-01-15 by Andreas Moser

Hier gibt es diese Rezension auf Deutsch. Do you also have so many travel guides at home for countries you never made it to? I still got a Lonely Planet guidebook for Central Asia, which I bought in 2007. Apparently, … Continue reading →

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Sad Things (17) Flowers

Posted on 2018-01-15 by Andreas Moser

This was a bad investment. Photographed by Valdis Jekociņš in Riga, Latvia.

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Random Thoughts (17)

Posted on 2017-10-30 by Andreas Moser

Now I know why it’s called CATalonia: it doesn’t know if it wants to walk through the door or not. Shouldn’t nobody sign no contract that they ain’t read before. (I am now giving legal advice in country lyrics, at … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Estonia, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Law, Lithuania, Politics, Spain, Time, Travel, USA | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 12 Comments

Where is the center of Europe?

Posted on 2017-08-11 by Andreas Moser

Zur deutschen Fassung dieses Artikels. Reading the book Black Earth, I became aware of a village in Ukraine that was calculated and named as the geographical center of Europe in 1887: Dilove. “Really?“ I wondered, not because I would begrudge Dilove the … Continue reading →

Posted in Belarus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Europe, Germany, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Photography, Poland, Slovakia, Travel, Ukraine | Tagged , , | 13 Comments

Cats in Riga

Posted on 2017-02-17 by Andreas Moser

(All photos taken during my trip to Riga in March 2013.)

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Why Eastern Europe cannot accept more Refugees

Posted on 2015-09-06 by Andreas Moser

Dear Western Europe, it seems you are in sulk about our unwillingness to accept more any refugees. It hurts us to hurt your feelings, so please allow us to explain things from an Eastern European perspective. We are certain you that … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics, Estonia, Europe, Human Rights, Hungary, Islam, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Politics, Slovakia | Tagged , , | 20 Comments

The Revolutions of 1989

Posted on 2014-12-24 by Andreas Moser

1989, those were the times! With each broadcast of the evening news, the world changed so quickly that most people already lost track back then. Now, 25 years later, only a vague recollection of falling walls, fired shots and popping champagne … Continue reading →

Posted in China, Cold War, Estonia, Europe, Germany, History, Human Rights, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Politics, Romania | Tagged | 8 Comments

Air Baltic making it hard to unsubscribe

Posted on 2014-07-05 by Andreas Moser

You know that yourself: you once bought a cinema ticket or booked a flight from a website and since then you receive their e-mail newsletter even though you don’t really want it. In my case, matters are made worse because … Continue reading →

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There are more important things than territorial integrity

Posted on 2014-03-25 by Andreas Moser

Democracy and self-determination are great. But nobody should believe that a referendum hastily pulled out of a hat, with limited choices and without a proper prior public debate about the question posed at the polls is a good example of direct … Continue reading →

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Salaspils – A Train Ride to the Countryside

Posted on 2014-01-19 by Andreas Moser

The local train which departed in Riga is almost fully occupied this Friday noon. It stops every few minutes, at every possible stop. I am going to Dārziņi, a stop in the middle of the forest. A beautiful Baltic pine and … Continue reading →

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