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Global Security (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Estonia has sent fresh troops to Afghanistan as part of a regular rotation of its peacekeeping contingent in the south of the war-torn Central Asian country, the Estonian Defense Ministry has said.
Ria Novosti (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Estonia has sent fresh troops to Afghanistan as part of a regular rotation of its peacekeeping contingent in the south of the war-torn Central Asian country.
Ria Novosti (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
A doctor in ex-Soviet Estonia's capital Tallinn denied medical help to two Russian patients because they could not speak Estonian, Estonian television reported on Saturday.
Edward Lucas (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
Baltic economies The Estonian exception Oct 29th 2009 | RIGA AND TALLINN From The Economist print edition Estonia gets a boost, but worries persist about its Baltic neighbours SMUGNESS is Estonians’ least attractive feature, at least in the eyes of their Baltic neighbours, Latvia and Lithuania. A surprise endorsement by the International Monetary Fund of Estonia’s plans to join the euro...
Panarmenian (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
On November 14, Armenia youth team will host their Estonian peers within WC 2011 qualifier.
BONJOUR L'ESTONIE (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
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. The reason lies in the Birth rate decrease in the 1990-ties. The average age grows, and in the same time the amount...
BONJOUR L'ESTONIE (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
TALLINN - A U.S. missile destroyer, which was a target of a terrorist attack in 2000, has arrived on a friendly visit to the port of Tallinn, the U.S. Embassy in Estonia said. USS Cole, an Arleigh Burke-class Aegis-equipped guided missile destroyer, will stay in the Estonian capital until today, Tuesday. The program of the visit is focused on a variety of cultural and sports events. After the visit,...
BONJOUR L'ESTONIE (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
TALLINN — The International Monetary Fund on Monday said Estonia has reasonable chances of adopting the euro by its new target date in 2011 but urged the government to broaden the tax base in order to reduce the budget deficit. "Estonia now has euro adoption within reach," Christoph Rosenberg, head of the IMF's mission to central Europe, told journalists. "But we're not there yet....
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
The International Monetary Fund on Monday said Estonia has reasonable chances of adopting the euro by its new target date in 2011 but urged the government to broaden the tax base in order to reduce the budget deficit.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
Tallinn - The Baltic state of Estonia may need to make deeper-than-planned cuts to its public spending if it is to qualify for euro adoption in 2011, a representative of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said Monday. Speaking at the conclusion of...
Ria Novosti (Free subscription) | 10/25/2009
A U.S. missile destroyer, which was a target of a terrorist attack in 2000, has arrived on a friendly visit to the port of Tallinn.
BONJOUR L'ESTONIE (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
Estonia is likely to meet all the Maastricht criteria to adopt the euro in 2011, though there are several risks associated with meeting the budget criterion, the country's central bank said Wednesday. Postponement of the adoption of the euro will delay the resumption of the economy, Eesti Pank said in a report. The adoption of the euro will help restore confidence, bringing in new investment and to...
BONJOUR L'ESTONIE (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
Juhan Tere Several Estonian ministries, the Estonian Association of Information Technology and Telecommunications (ITL) and a number of people are making great efforts in order to bring to Estonia the EU IT agency with its annual budget of nearly 600 million kroons and 120 employees, Postimees/LETA writes. Although the decision on the agency’s location will be made next year, Estonia is working...
BONJOUR L'ESTONIE (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is visiting Estonia to discuss the country's economic situation. Representatives from the organisation will be in the nation from October 14th until October 26th. During this time they will consider a number of issues including the state of the public sector and economic policy. Ingrid Mitt, a spokesperson for Eetsi Pank, said: "In the course of the visit,...
Baltic Times (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
TALLINN - Estonia’s President Toomas Hendrik Ilves’s meeting on Oct. 8 with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen centered on discussions of the alliance’s operations in Afghanistan and the topic of collective defense. “In the course of the Afghanistan operation and in directing it onto the p...
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satraffic | 01/26/2009
Kass grew up in the Estonian city of Paide. When she was a little girl, she lived in a cramped apartment in Sika village with her mother, who worked on a farm. At the age of fourteen, she was ‘discovered’ in a Tallinn supermarket by an Italian mode...
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