Posts from ‘November, 2005’
Wed, 30 Nov 2005, Interior Ministry appoints adviser…
By law, the interior minister must appoint the head of the criminal police. Tabur, 31, is a gradute from the police college of the Public Service Academy and holds a master's degree in public admi...
Wed, 30 Nov 2005, Judge joins Council of Europe…
The Committee of Ministers set up the council of judges in 2000 to provide member states with recommendations on how to improve administration of justice standards. The council is unique in Europe...
Wed, 30 Nov 2005, Missing documents still a mystery…
Subsequent statements about the incident by then Foreign Minister Kristiina Ojuland enraged Juhan Parts, who was prime minister at the time, and led to the fall of the government. Siitam-Nyiri sai...
Wed, 30 Nov 2005, Blair faces a hard sell in Tallinn…
His audience, however, was determined to stick to its own agenda, with Baltic leaders saying they would object to any proposed cuts in financial assistance. Blair's visit was part of his whirlwind...
Wed, 23 Nov 2005, Nostalgia brings Russians to Tallinn for New Year’s Eve…
Some also want to visit the countryside," said Asko Valdmann, board member at Taluday Resorts. Eduard Kohlhof, director of Livonia Tours, said it was mainly the nouveau riche from Moscow who enjoy...
Wed, 23 Nov 2005, Parties begin mulling over country’s next president…
The parties have not yet started official negotiations. The Reform Party, Pro Patria Union, Social Democrats and Res Publica have 66 votes in the 101-seat Riigikogu (Estonia's parliament), but 68 ...
Wed, 23 Nov 2005, Russian lawmakers allocate funds for support of minority rights in Baltics…
It is necessary to develop democracy in those countries."Modest Kolerov, head of the presidential administration's department for international cultural relations, who was recently in the Baltics,...
Wed, 23 Nov 2005, EU ministers strengthen Northern Dimension…
Paet added that the Northern Dimension didn't fully overlap with the action plan laid out for the four common spaces. The ministers included an Estonian proposal in the guidelines, he said, sugges...
