It was an uncomfortable silence in the back of a jeep, bouncing across the snow-covered steppe in Western Mongolia that made me ask my Icelandic companion about Tallinn’s Islandi väljak (Iceland Square).
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City Paper: A Ghost Town Unsuitable for Humans: Patarei Sea Fortress
My Deep Baltic feature about Tallinn's Patarei Sea Fortess was reprinted in the June 2016 edition of Riga's City Paper.
BBC: The slow and deadly dzud in Mongolia
So far this year, more than one million animals have been killed by the dzud. The word conjures up an image of a mythical monster, but it is a peculiar weather phenomenon and the fear of herders on the Mongolian steppes, as journalist Helen Wright reports.
Baltic Times: Estonia’s ‘Equal Pay Day’ blemished by lingering inequality
TALLINN - Lack of pay transparency, reenforcement of stereotypes, and maternity leave are all contributing to Estonia having the highest gender pay gap in the EU, equality campaigners say.
Baltic Times: Estonia marks Equal Pay Day
Equal Pay Day takes place in Estonia today (April 13) to highlight the average wage gap between men and women.
UB Post: Uizenmaa – I challenge myself all the time to find my own way
B.Uizenmaa, known as Uisenma Borchu, is a Mongolian film director living, studying and working in Munich, Germany.
EurasiaNet.org: Harsh Winter Wiping Out Livestock, Stoking Economic Crisis for Nomads
When Dogoono’s only horse died early in the winter, she cried for days. But now the Mongolian herder keeps losing so many of her animals she does not have any tears left.
UB Post: ‘If we lose our livestock, we will lose everything’
These are the victims of the dzud that’s currently affecting most provinces in the country, mainly to the west and north. So far, more than 260,000 animals have died this winter and estimates put the daily death rate at around 1,000. If herders hadn’t slaughtered their animals en masse in the Autumn, the figure would now be in the millions.
Roads & Kingdoms: Dumplings made of meat, flour and not much else
It’s 9 am in Ulaanbaatar and my host mum Uka is chopping meat on the small kitchen table. The blade of the knife slices through the frozen mutton and thumps the wooden chopping board below.
UB Post: ‘Stop child jockeys racing in winter’
Earlier this month the UB Post reported that a group of children’s rights NGOs and associations had joined forces to try and stop child riders taking part in spring and winter horse races, raising their concerns at a press conference.
Helen Wright 