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Posts from ‘September, 2009’

Wed, 23 Sep 2009, Memorial services planned for ferry disaster remembrance…

According to the trustee of the Memento Mare organization, Mjart Raudsepp, the events in memory of the disaster will take place on Sept. 27 in St. John's Church in Tallinn, where the Vox Clamantis...

Thu, 17 Sep 2009, Government told to clean up act…

According to Ilves, the state has urged people to live beyond their means. "It is a principal and grave error to promise benefits based on wrong future projections, which cannot be covered in ...

Wed, 16 Sep 2009, Cost cuts rejected to save jobs…

Cutting medical service costs means salaries of medical workers would be reduced, which could have negative side-effects, say the hospitals. "We have made an offer to lower costs for medical s...

Thu, 10 Sep 2009, City Council increases efforts to deal with rising unemployment…

According to the chairman of the unemployment office Tookassa, Tarmo Kriis, "The sharp increase in unemployment has halted for the moment, therefore the unemployment desk can now more easilypl...

Thu, 10 Sep 2009, New effort started for language competence…

Kotkas added that "It was surprising that even native speakers showed interest in the courses." The courses, which last from 60-120 hours, will start in January and end by November 30, 2010. T...

Wed, 2 Sep 2009, State controller to adopt school borrowing limits…

"Taking into account demographic changes and the necessity to lower the number of high schools, it is probable that with the growth of credit lending, not all high schools will manage to cope ...

Wed, 2 Sep 2009, Education system facing declining enrollment…

Total head-count for last year was 147,500, compared with this year's count of 141,990 students. "The steepest decrease for pupils in comprehensive schools is already behind us, but now the decrea...



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.