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The Estonian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday it had decided to scrap the practice of supplying soldiers over 190 cms in height with additional food.

A two-headed calf has been born at a farm in the eastern Estonian city of Tartu, the EER news portal has said.

As far as Communist dissenters go , Carmen Kass has a better figure than Lech Walesa and has been on more Vogue covers than Vaclav Havel.

Although there is still time till the beginning of the summer season, Estonian Air offers the possibility to purchase flight tickets with favourable fares already now.

Date : Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:01:42 +0400 A SUPERMARKET IN ESTONIA: THE BEST SORT OF EASTWARD EXPANSION The Economist Dec 25 2009 FOOD in Europe's ex-communist countries has an undeservedly bad reputation: stodgy peasant fare ruined by the culinary commissars of the planned economy.

The ministry will now declare a state procurement contest to find a new company to fix the monument.

The car safety equipment producer Autoliv , majority owner of Estonian Norma, is closing its plans all over the world; Norma plant in Tallinn will not be closed but workers have to spend the end of the year 2009 and January at a forced vacations, National Broadcasting/LETA reports.

FOOD in Europe's ex-communist countries has an undeservedly bad reputation: stodgy peasant fare ruined by the culinary commissars of the planned economy.

Starting December 28, all ships that enter or exit the PA rnu port and are serviced by the icebreaker must have ice class 1C according to Lloyd`s registry or a similar ice class of other classification organizations and the main engine capacity has to be at least 1,600 kW.

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu promised last week that in spring a direct flight between Tallinn and Istanbul will be opened .

Estonian model Kristi Kuudisiim , who lives in Ranelagh with boyfriend Paul, is flying back to chilly Parnu for Christmas before returning in the new year for friend Conrad Gallagher 's opening party for his new restaurant on Aungier Street, Dublin ...

Sofi Oksanen is a thoroughly positive person, said Merit Kopli , the Editor-in-Chief of Postimees , the largest daily newspaper in Estonia.

Locked in one of Europe's deepest recessions, Estonians in dire need of some anti-crisis cheer are flocking to their capital's annual Christmas market, a magnet for locals and tourists alike.

Currently in its eighth year, the Tallinn Christmas Market is one of Europe's youngest markets.

Soils of abandoned areas are generally of low quality and thereby limited suitability for crop production; as a result soilcrop suitability analyses could form the basis of knowledge-based bio-energy planning.

Iranian film a oeNo One Knows about Persian Catsa won three awards at the 13th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, which was held in Estonia from November 27 to December 6. The film received the jury prize for cinematographically capturing underground contemporary life in Iran.

TALLINN: An Estonian pastor has struck it rich after a DNA test proved that he was the son of one of the Baltic state's wealthiest men, according to a news report Thursday.

Prime Minister Andrus Ansip said, to the Riigikogu, that the state has increased investments into research and development, which means that by 2011 the total amount will reach two per-cent of EstoniaA s gross domestic product.

International Air Transport Association awarded Estonian Air with Platinum-Airline status .

Tallinn's Town Hall Square marks the heart of the medieval lower town. It's amazing what a stretch of water can do.