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Posts from ‘November, 2008’

Wed, 26 Nov 2008, Black Nights gears up for main event …

"Actually, with its 247 movies plus movies from the sub-festivals 's Sleepwalkers, Just film, Animated Dreams and mobile phone film festival Moff 's it's the biggest festival in Scandinavia and ...

Wed, 26 Nov 2008, Ilves condemns MP wage freeze …

Peterson cited bill 75 of the Estonian constitution, "the remuneration of members of the Riigikogu [parliament] and restrictions on the receipt of other employment income shall be provided by law,...

Wed, 19 Nov 2008, Baltics upset over EU-Russia Summit …

10. The decision likely influenced by increasingly aggravated Lithuanian-Russian relations following Russia's plan to deploy missiles in the neighboring Kaliningrad exclave. Both the Estonian an...

Wed, 19 Nov 2008, Defense Ministry pressured as US investigates Simm…

With the prolonged investigation into Simm's treason warranting concern, NATO has flown its own investigation team into Tallinn to assess what is being considered the most serious NATO security br...

Wed, 19 Nov 2008, The creation of an autonomous Russia within Estonia …

We don't find anything wrong with it, this is just one of the questions, but everyone seems to concentrate only on it," Larissa Neshadimova, press-secretary of Night Vigil, told The Baltic Times. ...

Wed, 12 Nov 2008, Somali pirates hold Estonian residents hostage …

There is one person with un-defined citizenship and four crewmembers related to Estonia through permanent residency," Kersti Luha, spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told The Baltic...

Wed, 12 Nov 2008, Nation accused of human right violations …

It should be noted that, at the time, pensions paid by the Estonian government would include both military and civil ones. In 2000, the Estonian government made changes to the pension legislation...

Wed, 12 Nov 2008, Foreign Minister urges EU unity on Russia …

During the meeting it was decided that the bloc would resume strategic talks with Russia 's as previous dialogue was frozen following the invasion of Georgia in August 's and the French presid...



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.