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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Tallinn - Fears grew about the spread of the A/H1N1 flu virus, known commonly as swine flu, in the Baltic states Tuesday after Estonian health officials confirmed their first fatality as a result of the illness. A statement released by the Estonian m...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Tallinn - Estonia's hopes of becoming the next European Union member state to adopt the euro as its national currency received a slight boost Monday with comments from EU Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner Joaquin Almunia suggesting the Balti...
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Knowledge is Power (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
1989 brought a domino effect of revolutions. Timothy Garton Ash remarked: �In Poland the transition [from communism to democracy] lasted ten years, in Hungary ten months, in Czechoslovakia ten days.� Those ten eventful days fell between November 17th and 27th, 1989. After the failure of the Prague Spring, many Czechoslovaks rightfully held doubts about the possibility of revolution, but...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Tallinn - The number of unemployed in Estonia in the third quarter of 2009 reached its highest level since the country regained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, according to official data released Friday. Statistics Estonia said the unempl...
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BONJOUR L'ESTONIE (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Tallinn - Toomas Hendrik Ilves, the incumbent president of the small Baltic state of Estonia, became the latest name Thursday to enter the race for the job of European Council President. 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...
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Ackworth born, gone West (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
For my bench this week I've dipped into my archives to find this long bench under the walls of Tallinn , Estonia. This bench can be found under Loewenschede Torn . A path leads under the walls to Laborootiumi . My favourite benches discovered last week include Rune's old bench , Barbara's at Lake Agnes , Leatherdyke's at Hartland Abbey , Zyzzyz's in Inverness and Stine's at Lake Ontario . Unless otherwise...
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Baltic Times (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
TALLINN - Estonia has been recognized as one of the finalists of the 4th European e-Government Awards 2009. Two projects developed in Estonia are among the finalists. The award competition is an initiative from the European Commission to stimulate innovation by identifying best practice examples u...
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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.
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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....
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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...
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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.
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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...
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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...