In Estonia

Posts from ‘January, 2011’

Thu, 27 Jan 2011, Defense ties boosted…

Norway and Iceland remain outside the European Union, unlike Sweden, Finland, Denmark and the Baltic trio. But Sweden and Finland are not in NATO, while the other six nations are. “We are li...

Thu, 27 Jan 2011, UK Summit strengthens Nordic-Baltic alliances…

We get enterprise. We embrace innovation. We understand the potential of green technologies for economic growth. So at a time when much of Europe is in desperate need of fundamental economic refor...

Wed, 19 Jan 2011, New gas plant planned near Narva…

“It was important to us to find a partner who would be prepared to invest in the project and offer us the service at optimum cost.” Elme Messer Gaas Chief Raimond Morgenson said co...

Wed, 19 Jan 2011, Candidate lists listed…

The SDPs national list includes in the top positions party chairman Sven Mikser, Indrek Saar, Rannar Vassiljev, Urve Palo, Jaak Allik, Jaan Ounapuu, Karel Ruutli, Eiki Nestor, Kajar Lember, Kalev ...

Wed, 19 Jan 2011, Increased support for civil society in Belarus…

“We plan to increase our support for civil society in Belarus through development cooperation, utilizing the opportunities offered by the Eastern Partnership Center and continuing to support...

Thu, 13 Jan 2011, Ligi at top of the heap…

I am especially glad this does not evolve only around the Estonia currency, but also turns its attention to the economic and financial state of Estonia,” responded Ligi. In October 2010, the Londo...

Thu, 13 Jan 2011, Aid plan agreed…

Afghanistan will also continue to be an important development cooperation partner of Estonia,” Paet explained. According to the foreign minister, the new development plan focuses more on a...

Thu, 13 Jan 2011, Artist takes liberty with borders…

This proves that, unfortunately, the repeated attempts of revising the valid borders continue, that became the reason for us withdrawing our signature from the border agreement in 2005,” the...



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.