Field-Programmable Logic and Applications. From FPGAs to Computing Paradigm: 8th International Workshop, FPL'98 Tallinn, Estonia, August 31 - September ... (Lecture Notes in Computer Science)
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...
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....
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) | 10/20/2009
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...
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...
BONJOUR L'ESTONIE (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
TALLINN - Internet telephony firm Skype, a unit of eBay, will focus on growing its mobile and corporate business next year while further developing its key offerings to consumers, its chief executive said on Tuesday. An upcoming change in ownership will boost the focus on growth, CEO Josh Silverman said in an interview with Reuters. Last month a group led by top Internet financiers in Silicon Valley...
essays & effluvia (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
Dr. Heiti Paves Tallinn University of Technology Tallinn, Estonia Arabidopsis thaliana (thale cress) anther (20x) Gerd A. Guenther D�sseldorf, Germany Sonchus asper (spiny sowthistle) flower stem section (150x) Dr. Pedro Barrios-Perez Institute for Microstructural Sciences National Research Council of Canada Otttawa, Ontario, Canada Wrinkled photoresist (200x) James E. Hayden The Wistar Institute...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009
Tallinn - Consumer prices in Baltic state and European Union member Estonia dipped for a fifth straight month in September, according to figures released Monday. The consumer price index decreased 1.6 per cent in September 2009 compared to September...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 09/17/2009
Tallinn - Estonia's minority coalition government agreed Thursday to endorse Siim Kallas as the small Baltic republic's representative with the European Commission in Brussels. The two ruling parties managed to resolve earlier differences over the no...
News for Medievalists (Free subscription) | 09/07/2009
A new article reveals pirate activities in the Baltic Sea during the later middle ages, and finds them being used as privateers by various city-states and local powers during wars. "Living on the Edge: Pirates and the Livonians in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries," was written by Juhan Kreem, vice-director of the Tallinn City Archives in Estonia. His article focuses on the medieval city...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 09/07/2009
Tallinn - Consumer prices in Estonia dipped by nearly 1 per cent in August compared to the same year-ago period, with the biggest reductions in food and transport, according to data released Monday. Statistics Estonia said the consumer price index fe...
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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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