Estonia, Estonia News

Controversial Estonian businessman Indrek Mandre was arrested on Friday on suspicion that he had mediated Estonian women for work in striptease clubs and solicited prostitution, writes Eesti Paevaleht daily.

Promoters are preparing for a high turnout for Madonna's just-announced world tour.

The manager of Estonia's largest meat industry Rakvere Lihakombinaat Anne Mere will start working in the company's Finnish owner firm HKScan and will be replaced by Tallegg's manager Teet Soorm in RLK, LETA/National Broadcasting reports.... Read more...

Non-profit organisation Estonian Internet Community recently opened a Web page dedicated to the Anti-Counterfeit Trade Agreement and announced that thousands of people are ready to protest against ACTA this Saturday[Feb. 11], Postimees writes.

Celebration of the 94th Anniversary of the Republic of Estonia will take place all over the state on February 24.

Incap Corporation Stock Exchange Release 9 February 2012 at 9 a.m. CHANGES IN THE ORGANISATION OF INCAP GROUP Mr Jari Koppelo will take over the responsibility of Incap Group's both business units - Energy efficiency and Well-being solutions - as from 1 March 2012.

Spanish manufacturer Atienza & Climent Group will open a new factory in Tallinn next week specializing in the production of plastic toys, including those under the popular Hello Kitty brand.

The Estonian government approved on Feb. 2 a bill that aims to expand treatments, including chemical castration, to sexual offenders, as a part of the punitive system, reports National Broadcasting.

Entering the train in Helsinki's Pasila, passengers would be whisked to Tallinn in less than an hour.

In Europe, it has become a custom to designate European Capitals of Culture, an honor that has been bestowed on Estonia's capital Tallinn for 2011.

Estonian inflation accelerated for the first time in five months in January because of tariff increases for electricity and heating and higher fuel costs.

Austria's 21-year-old Dominik Distelberger had a strong second day to win the men's heptathlon with 5803 points at the International Combined Events Meeting in the Estonian capital of Tallinn on Saturday.

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina - Bosnia used helicopters on Sunday to evacuate the sick and deliver food to thousands of people left stranded by its heaviest snowfall ever, while Pope Benedict XVI donned an overcoat to bless the few pilgrims who braved Rome's unusually cold weather to visit St.

Nordecon International AS is one of the leading civil and infrastructure builders in the Estonian market.

Swedish finance minister Anders Borg during his visit to Tallinn yesterday had a meeting with the Estonian finance minister Jurgen Ligi; Borg stated that the large Swedish banks should behave in Estonia and other Baltic states as if it was their home, the Estonian news portal BBN reports referring to Eesti Paevaleht daily.... Read more...

A little more than a year ago, the tiny Baltic state of Estonia adopted the euro - at a time when the Greek crisis, and the Irish, Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian crises, were exposing the common currency's weaknesses.

To Corpus Christi for a CSaP lecture by Jaan Tallinn , Chief Engineer of Skype. Since he's the Estonian programmer behind Kazaa and then a lead architect of Skype, I expect him to be talking about VoIP or some such geeky topic.

The annual Simple Session skateboarding contest will take place on March 31 and April 1 in Tallinn, Estonia.

On February 2, the nation celebrates the 92nd anniversary of the signing of the Tartu Peace Treaty which in 1920 ended the War of Independence.

The past has always been something intriguing, hiding the secrets of history. People try to reveal these secrets and create a full picture about society which lived even centuries ago.