As part of the project 'Strengthening the identity of the Baltic Sea Region borderlands. Building cooperation for the youth" of the Council of the Baltic Sea States, in the second half of 2023 the project executing entities implemented a competition aimed at students and secondary school pupils from Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Poland.

The competition - a test - consisted of 30 closed questions (the correct one had to be chosen from among three answers) on various aspects of knowledge about the four Baltic States, including history, politics, literature, traditions, ethnic and identity issues. Its main task, apart from deepening knowledge about these states and cooperation between them, was to promote the issue of Baltic identity in the borderland.

The winners of the competition were:

• in Lithuania:

1st place Julija Skiotyté; 2nd place Aringas Brazauskas; 3rd place Neringa Prušinskytė and Elinga Belovaitė.

• in Latvia

students: 1st place Zane Rozkalne; 2nd place Lucija Ceicane and Diana Skangala.

pupils: 1st place Ernests Paberzs; 2nd place Emilia Viluma; 3rd place Ricards Putnins.

• in Estonia:

1st place Serhii Nasadiuk and Morten Made; 2nd place Rodion Krupin.

• in Poland

students: 1st place Konrad Fit; 2nd place Zuzanna Kharubin and Piotr Michalowicz;

pupils: 1st place Paulina Florczak; 2nd place, Eryk Czarnecki; 3rd place Julia Łęcikowska.

Congratulations to all participants and, above all, to the winners!

See photos of the Latvia laureates of the competition - a knowledge test on the Baltic countries and promoting Baltic identity.