In Estonia

Posts from ‘February, 2011’

Wed, 23 Feb 2011, Independence Day celebrated in Stockholm…

The Estonian foreign minister invited Carl Bildt to come and take part in the events taking place in Estonia on Aug. 20, the anniversary of re-independence. Estonia-Sweden bilateral relations ...

Wed, 16 Feb 2011, One more for ‘the Gipper’…

“The U.S. government listened and was ready to help the representatives of all peoples under totalitarian regimes.” Paet said that for the people of Estonia and other European nati...

Wed, 16 Feb 2011, Cross-Gulf bonds grow…

Paet thanked the Finnish foreign minister for his cooperation in helping Estonian citizens leave the crisis situation in Egypt. Paet and Stubb condemned all violence in Egypt, including the at...

Wed, 9 Feb 2011, Energy ‘islands’ attacked…

“For Estonia, ensuring equal competition conditions is a question of energy security,” said Ansip. “This will prevent the import of large volumes of electricity that do not confo...

Wed, 9 Feb 2011, Paet praises military…

“Estonia has suffered very tragic human losses in Afghanistan. But we must also keep in mind that by paying this price, the security of our people has been strengthened,” he asserted. ...

Wed, 2 Feb 2011, Food fair provides global stage…

“Estonia has experience with organizing different big events and as a state we should definitely use this opportunity. It would undoubtedly be the biggest project of Estonia’s self-pro...

Wed, 2 Feb 2011, The reluctant president…

Well, I don’t want it,” a report signed by the then-U.S. Ambassador to Estonia, Aldona Wos, cites the then-European parliament foreign committee deputy chairman Ilves saying at a meeti...



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.