Estonia News

Gathering under a tallit for their b'nei mitzva ceremony at the Haas Promenade in Jerusalem are Monmouth Birthright participants, from left, Amber Kutil of Vineland, Edward Mashkovich of Manalapan, Liia Magi of Eatontown, Jeffrey Goldberg of Bergenfield, Michelle Grossman of Marlboro, Brittany Rusin of Manalapan, and Jessica Zimel of Oakhurst.

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.

Protests are being held in over 200 European cities with hundreds of thousands of people taking to the streets to express their disgust at the European Parliament ratifying ACTA.

Protesters hold a a banner and wear Guy Fawkes masks during a protest against the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement in downtown Sofia.

As the Estonian Social Democrats join with the Russian Party in Estonia the most basic difference in historical interpretation remains unsolved - the question of whether the Soviet Union occupied Estonia or not.

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.

From left, Latvia's Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis, Iceland's Prime Minister Johanna Sigurdardottir, Estonia's Prime Minister Andrus Ansip, Lithuania's Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius, Norway's Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, Denmark's Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt, Finland's Prime Minister Jyrki Katainen, Sweden's Prime Minister ... (more)

A group claiming to be affiliated with Anonymous recently released hacked emails from leaders of the pro-Kremlin youth group Nashi that show the group was paying journalists and bloggers hundreds of thousands of dollars for positive coverage, according to The Guardian .

NATO has extended the alliance's patrol of Baltic airspace until 2018, Lithuanian Radio reported on Wednesday [Feb. 8]. The current mandate of the patrol mission is in force until the end of 2014.

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.

Estonian Air will lease four Embraer E-170s from Finnair and is in talks with the manufacturer and leasing companies over the delivery schedule and conditions for eight more aircraft, a mix of E-175s and E-190s, which are scheduled to enter the fleet in 2013-2015. The first four 76-seat E-170s, which will be delivered this month, will replace its ... (more)

Toomas Annus , Vjacheslav Rabotshev and Heino Harak are the top three dividend earns in Estonia on their companies' 2010 results, shows a list of top dividend earners published by Aripaev today.

"Ots was a great person who had an outstanding talent and who was a role model for people of different nationalities and different views," Vladisalv Kopylkov, a representative of the Baltic Integrum non-commercial association said.

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.

Shareholders of Eesti Gaas sent an angry letter to Estonian Prime Minister Andrus Ansip claiming that the reputation of Estonia as an investor-friendly state will suffer if the state forces Eesti Gaas to sell its pipes grid, LETA/Eesti Paevaleht writes.... Read more...

Tallinna Vesi Company Announcement Tallinn Administrative Court has suspended the fulfilment of the Competition Authority's prescription until the Court delivers a final judgement regarding both tariff complaints In response to the Competition Authority's prescription of 10 October 2011 which instructed the Company to submit a tariff application ... (more)