In Estonia

Wed, 15 May 2013, Kidnapped Estonians part of al-Qaeda plot…

Publisher of the book, Tiit Pruuli, stated that on the basis of interviews with hostages and their notes, the book was written by journalist Madis Jurgen. . ...

Wed, 24 Apr 2013, “Masterful translation” wins first place…

Thanks to them, Estonian literature reaches readers in Latvia and also speaks to them,” he stated. He also expressed hope that a new generation of Latvian-Estonian translators is growing s...

Wed, 24 Apr 2013, “Masterful translation” wins first place…

Thanks to them, Estonian literature reaches readers in Latvia and also speaks to them,” he stated. He also expressed hope that a new generation of Latvian-Estonian translators is growing so...

Wed, 17 Apr 2013, Ilves and Bartolone discuss EU policy…

President Ilves confirmed his continued, strong support to the expansion of the euro area, saying that “we will definitely see, in the coming years, the merger of our neighbors, Latvia and L...

Wed, 17 Apr 2013, Iceland to join Cyber Defense Center…

“More and more we must take into consideration the threats that arise in cyberspace and, therefore, we must give more attention than before to addressing cyber security issues,” he sta...

Wed, 3 Apr 2013, Estonia continues work toward Rail Baltica…

One bid was submitted by Estonian companies Reaalprojekt, Hendrikson&Ko, EA Reng and Lithuanian design company UAB Kelprojektas. The third joint bid was by Swedish Sweco Energuide AB together with...

Wed, 20 Mar 2013, Few Latvian literary works make it to Estonian readers…

Unfortunately, it does not work the other way around. “The last book that was released was Aleksandrs Caks’s poetry anthology, which was translated by Livia Viitol. But the situation i...

Wed, 20 Mar 2013, “Flybe” plans expansion in Baltic countries – newspaper…

As for Lithuania, it has not had its own airline for years. Last year “Flybe” attempted to buy the Danish airline “Cimber Sterling,” but lost to SAS. The company also set...



ESTONIA is a state in Northern Europe which has borders with Latvia and Russia. Across the Baltic Sea lies Finland in the north and Sweden in the west. Estonia covers around 45 thousands square kilometers. The Estonians are part of Finnic people. The only official language in Estonia is Estonian, which has too much in common with Finnish language. Estonia as a state is a parliamentary republic with internal division of 15 regions. The largest city and the capital as well is Tallinn. Estonia is one of the least-populous countries of the European Union - its population is less than 1.5 million. Various international ogranizations highly ranked Estonia regarding press, democracy and political freedom.