20, 1994, though the cargo was not explosive.Over 800 people died as the Estonia ferry sank on Sept. 28, 1994, on its way from Tallinn to Stockholm.The Swedish government is ready to allocate about 900,000 euros to new investigation research, which will be commissioned by the Swedish Agency for Innovation Systems, an organization dealing with maritime safety programs. The research’s primary objective will be to improve maritime safety for ships in Swedish waters, the agency said.The Joint Accident Investigation Commission of Estonian, Finnish and Swedish experts, provided a final report on the disaster in December 1997, stating that the ship had a number of serious defects. The main cause was ruled to be a defect in the front bow door, which allowed seawater to flood the car deck.Still, the Swedish Agency for Innovation Systems pointed ou…
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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.
