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Estonia Weekly: Centrist party and people of Tallinn at the centre of attention
This week there continues to be a lot of discussion about the politicians who left the Centrist Party, stating that they are liars who went against the will of their constituents. There was also a lot of discussion about Zelensky's arrival in the Baltics, Estonia's relations with Ukraine, and about sending Ukrainians back to fight in the war. There was also mention of the economic downturn and the people blaming the richer cities.
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Lithuania Monthly: Wagner Group Symbol on Display and Willingness to Defend
Specifically, malign Kremlin-aligned media channels that are still operating in Lithuania further promoted anti-government sentiments to their followers. Fair deal of the most engaged stories from this specific type of media discussed and emphasised the domestic issues and harshly commented on the poor work of the government or specific officials, broadcasting negative anti-government narratives to their audiences. During this reporting month, pro-Kremlin actors kept on questioning politicians’ competencies and financial transparency (referring to the previously analysed MG Baltic case) and criticised major institutions of the cointry, such as Prosecutor General’s Office of the Republic of Lithuania, accusing it of committing severe crimes and comparing it to a “well-organised mafia”.
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Latvia Monthly: Threat of Immigrants from Middle East
The video's author starts by stating: “You know what? All of the controversies about the language divide in Latvia is just a diversion from the real issues- immigration from the Middle East”. The author of the video goes further to say that this is an issue common to the European Union and mentions an example of a group of migrants from the middle east raping a fifteen-year-old girl- they were not punished for their crime. The author ends the video by stating that this is an issue that the Latvian representatives in the European Parliament have not dealt with- potentially due to upcoming European Parliament elections.
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Estonia Monthly: Estonian government changing the language of instructions in all schools to Estonian
The Estonian social media and web-based media actors during the reporting month predominantly were focused primarily on the war in Ukraine, America’s role, as well as the international security situation in general. They also focused on Estonian and Ukrainian relations, and President Zelensky’s call to draft more Ukrainians for the war. This month the attention turned more toward the Estonian government budget, and how it will affect the low-income families and people of Estonia. Attention was also given to the Russian schools and Estonia’s language policy surrounding the change in language of instruction. Accordingly, the main narratives that were spread over the social media were the following:
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