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Estonia and Finland intend to develop cooperation of e-states
Estonia and Finland have never been as strongly integrated as they are today and that has been our purposeful choice, said the prime ministers of the two states, Andrus Ansip and Jyriki Katainen after their meeting in Tallinn on Tuesday, reported BC the government's press service.... Read more...
According to historians, the Viking Age began on June 8, A.D. 793, at an island monastery off the coast of northern England.
Mechanical Universea And Beyond, The "Lorentz Transformation" If the speed of light is to be the same for all observers, then the length of a meter stick, or the rate of a ticking clock, depends on who measures it.
Glenview Man Pleads Not Guilty In WMD Conspiracy
A northwest suburban man pleaded not guilty Tuesday to federal charges that he conspired to bypass U.S. trade laws to help his father export weapons of mass destruction to North Korea.
When President Ilves called the heads of Estonia's four major parties to Kadriorg for a chat about how their vote rigging and assorted antics were having a deleterious affect on the health of the nation's democracy, one had a glimpse at a stagnant political system dominated by the same revolving cast of musical chairs personalities: Ansip, ... (more)
Estonia introduces its culture to Armenia
LETA June 15, 2013 Saturday 11:46 AM EST Estonia introduces its culture to Armenia Jun 13, 2013 TALLINN: On 12-16 June, the unique Estonian public diplomacy mission 'Everyone's Going to Yerevan' will take place in Yerevan and many other Armenian cities, in order to enliven cultural relations between Estonia and Armenia.
New publication on Estonian coins and banknotes
Publication, "EESTI VABARIIGI RAHA" 1919 to 1940 and 1991 to 2010 complete . By Allan Tohv.
Midsummer to be widely celebrated in Estonia
The holiday is the largest annual celebration in all three Baltic States, as they reconnect with their pagan roots.
Moscow - Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia is in Estonia since friday and up to today, June 16th, Protodeacon Alexander Volkov, the head of the patriarchal press service, told Interfax-Religion .
Western grad is university's fourth Fulbright scholar
Katie Marsan , who just graduated from Western Connecticut State University in May, has won a prestigious Fulbright fellowship to study at the University of Tartu in Estonia for nine months.
'Everyone Is Going To Yerevan': Mission Is Possible
Within the framework of the Public Diplomacy Mission "Everyone is going to Yerevan", over 40 cultural events are being held in Yerevan and regions started June 12, including concerts, exhibitions, theater plays by artists from the former Soviet republics.
The brief, bright northern summer has transformed the Estonian capital into a city of outdoor cafes, tourist buses, and long, lazy strolls.
The first systematic mass deportations of Latvians, Lithuanians and Estonians from their Soviet-occupied homelands took place in mid-June 1941, many of them on June 14, the date now most associated with this particular atrocity.
Vote scandal threatens Estonia's election system
Ilves stressed that the Reform Party's internal scandal opens the doors for others to undermine the trustworthiness of "the whole elections system, and harms the reputation of Estonia."
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Patriarch Kirill hopes for improvement of Estonian-Russian relations
The Patriarch of Moscow and all Russian Orthodox Church Kirill, who arrived on a visit to Estonia on Friday, told the journalists who met him in the Tallinn airport that he hopes for god that the Estonian-Russian relations would develop in a positive direction, LETA.Public Broadcasting report.... Read more...
Termination of construction contract
On 13 June 2013 Nordecon AS handed in a termination notice for the design and construction contract of apartment houses and their adjacent infrastructure in Tallinn central area, signed on 21 May 2012 with Tivoli Arendus OAoe.
Russian Environmental Activist Granted Asylum In Estonia
Suren Gazarian examines a black substance that he said was part of a mudslide emanating from an illegal dump, close to the 2014 Olympics construction outside the Black Sea resort of Sochi in April 2011.
From Estonia to Kildare - it's a continuing Irish adventure
Beside Russia, there is a lovely, small Baltic country called Estonia with population of almost 1.3 million people - just a bit bigger than Dublin's urban area.
This is the President's Palace in Tallinn, Estonia, built in 1938. It is located in a large public park called Kadriorg a short distance east of the city centre.
Parts wants oil shale mining boost - The Baltic Times
Economy Minister Juhan Parts thinks that Estonia should consider the possibilities of increasing the country's oil shale mining capacity, contrary to the opinions of Environment Minister Keit Pentus-Rosimannus, reports Public Broadcasting.