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2 hrs ago | Variety

Tallinn slates indie pics

For the first time, the Tallinn Black Nights Film will include a section in which indie productions from North America will compete for distribution rights in Europe.

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Related Topix: World News, Estonia, Europe, Paper Heart

Sat Nov 21, 2009

Let's be smart

Port of Tallinn received record high number of cruise passengers in 2009

In total, the Port of Tallinn received 310 cruise ships in 2009. The vessels were operated by 44 cruise travel companies and the 416,000 cruise passengers visiting Tallinn and Saaremaa came from 150 different countries.

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Related Topix: World News, Estonia, Travel, Estonia Travel

Fri Nov 20, 2009

Shaan.typepad.com

Swedbank sees marginal earnings effect from sale out of Tallinn bourse

The results of Swedish bank Swedbank AB will only marginally be affected by the sale of its 13.2% stake in the exchange in Tallinn, spokesman Thomas Backteman told today Swedish newswire Nyhetsbyran SIX.

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Related Topix: World News, Estonia

Let's be smart

Merko launches apartment building development in Tallinn again

Estonian real estate developer AS Merko Ehitus estimates that a deficit of new housing space has emerged at the apartments market in Estonia's capital Tallinn and to ease that, it will build three new apartment buildings by summer 2009, public broadcasting ERR/LETA news portal reports.

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Related Topix: World News, Estonia, Europe

Wed Nov 18, 2009

Euroland

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken ABa : Seb sells shares in Tallinn and...

"For SEB and all other market participants in the Baltic countries it is important to grow the size and improve the liquidity of these markets", says Annika Falkengren, CEO and President of SEB.

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Related Topix: World News, Estonia, Europe

Tue Nov 17, 2009

Beyond the Beyond

The bank-card hackers and their army of cashers

I wonder if they ever met physically or even knew each other's real names. http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/11/rbs-worldpay/ "According to the indictment, Tsurikov conducted reconnaissance of the RBS network after Covelin provided him with information about vulnerabilities in the system.

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Related Topix: World News, Estonia

Sun Nov 15, 2009

Let's be smart

Estonia's President Ilves joins list for top EU job

The Baltic News Service reported that Prime Minister Andrus Ansip told a news conference in Tallinn: 'I put forward... the name of Toomas Hendrik Ilves as a candidate fit for the position of both president and high representative for foreign policy.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News, Estonia, Toomas Ilves, Andrus Ansip, Luxembourg

Fri Nov 13, 2009

Shaan.typepad.com

Tallinn meeting of NATO foreign ministers to cost 70 million kroons

Paet told Postimees that the meeting that will be held in Tallinn on April 22-23 is definitely the biggest international event taking place in Estonia in 2010, but perhaps also of all time.

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Related Topix: NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), Estonia, Europe

Wed Nov 11, 2009

The St. Petersburg Times

New Cruises Planned For New Year Period

Cruise tours to Finland, Sweden and Estonia will start leaving from the new terminals on Vasilyevsky Island for the first time at the end of this year.

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Related Topix: Travel, Europe, World News, Estonia, Estonia Travel, Finland, Petersburg, VA

Tue Nov 10, 2009

United States Department of Justice

Alleged International Hacking Ring Caught in $9 Million Fraud

Sergei Tsurikov, 25, of Tallinn, Estonia; Viktor Pleshchuk, 28, of St. Petersburg, Russia; Oleg Covelin, 28, of Chisinau, Moldova; and a person known only as "Hacker 3;" have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Atlanta, Ga., on charges of hacking into a computer network operated by the Atlanta-based credit card processing company RBS WorldPay, ...

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Related Topix: World News, Estonia, Europe, Moldova, Computer Security, Science / Technology, Prison

Belleville News-Democrat

Feds bust ATM hacking ring accused of stealing $9M

Federal authorities say they've cracked a sophisticated computer hacking ring that stole more than $9 million within 12 hours last November, securing indictments against eight people from Russia, Estonia and Moldova.

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Related Topix: World News, Estonia

Times Online

A picture perfect Christmas in Tallinn's main square

Roll up, roll up, for the best places on the Continent to buy gifts and enjoy the lights at a traditional festive market Gareth Scurlock Christmas markets seem to be getting more popular by the year, judging by the number of you who read last year's guide.

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Related Topix: World News, Estonia, Europe, Germany, Travel, Germany Travel, Estonia Travel

Mon Nov 09, 2009

Dwell

tallinn estonia aerial square

Since the fall of the USSR, Tallinn has managed to look unblinkingly to the future while still retaining vital elements of its past.

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Related Topix: World News, Estonia, Europe

Sun Nov 08, 2009

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Amazing Christmas Market Tallinn - Relaxing Time at the Swissotel Tallinn/ Estonia

The picturesque Town Hall Square of the medieval city of Tallinn is once more hosting the annual Christmas Market with its 64 wooden stalls.

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Related Topix: World News, Estonia, Europe, Switzerland,

Sat Nov 07, 2009

Stockholm News

The A Estonia caseA to court

The wreckage of the passenger ferry Estonia will be investigated again. The Estonia case will be taken up in a French court.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News, Estonia,

Fri Nov 06, 2009

Tehran Times

Estonia may sell Eesti Energia stake to fund plant upgrades

Estoniaa s government may sell as much as a third of Eesti Energia AS, the biggest Baltic utility, to help fund an estimated 20 billion krooni of planned investments including oil-shale power plant upgrades.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News, Estonia,

Thu Nov 05, 2009

Shaan.typepad.com

Kalev Chocolate Museum calls me back to Estonia

The beautiful Estonian capital of Tallinn has long been one of my favourite cities, and Ia TMve just come across a reason to return for my third visit: the Kalev Chocolate Museum .

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Related Topix: Europe, World News, Estonia, Travel, Estonia Travel,

Tue Nov 03, 2009

People's Daily Online

Chinese vice premier, Estonian president meet on ties

Visiting Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Dejiang discussed ways to promote bilateral ties between China and Estonia with President Toomas Hendrik Ilves on Tuesday at their meeting in Tallinn.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News, Estonia, China, Asia, Travel, Estonia Travel,

Let's be smart

Expert suggests to increase the retirement age in Estonia

TALLINN - The pension system in Estonia in its current state does not have any perspectives, and it was clear from the middle of the 90-ties, nevertheless, no political force had the courage to increase the retirement age, says the the economic expert of the Development Fund Heido Vitsur.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News, Estonia, Personal Finance, Retirement, Pension,

Sun Nov 01, 2009

Let's be smart

Germans, Polish and Finns want to operate the Tallinn-Kardla air route

The contract of the county government with the current operator of the route is about to end and bids for finding a new one had to be submitted by Monday.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News, Estonia

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