Posts from ‘September, 2011’
Wed, 28 Sep 2011, Russian military heads west…
What has alarmed me quite a lot is that they strongly emphasize cooperation between various types of military forces and command staffs,” he observed.
“In August, they had 2,000 commu...
Wed, 28 Sep 2011, Estonians wary of the EFSF…
He also repeated that at this stage, Estonia is only guaranteeing Greek loans, instead of giving out money that will never be returned. The finance minister highlighted that the Stability Facility ...
Wed, 28 Sep 2011, Rainbow population…
During the next Population Census in 1897, the share of Germans had decreased below 4 percent and the decline continued also during the next censuses. At the same time the share of Russians in the ...
Wed, 28 Sep 2011, Border lands for sale…
There are several dozen gardening cooperatives near Narva and thus, there are potentially hundreds, or thousands, of people who would benefit from the change.
The Riigikogu rural life committee ...
Wed, 21 Sep 2011, Laar to hand over the reins…
He clarifies that stalling on this decision would have hurt the party. “This is the best time for a new leader to step into office. The party is in a good state, the next election is some ti...
Wed, 21 Sep 2011, Search is on for new defense chief…
Gen. Johannes Kert (ret).
According to Minister of Defense Laar, Estonia has lacked clearly established criteria for candidates applying for the position for the past 20 years.
“I hope th...
Wed, 21 Sep 2011, Quotas to increase…
This is also the maximum level allowed by law.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs wishes to raise the immigration quota as the current quota was met faster than expected, at the end of August alread...
Wed, 21 Sep 2011, Strengths don’t hide weaknesses…
In August, a total of 312,283 euros were paid in subsistence benefits in Tallinn. In August 2010, this amount was 269,025 euros, while a year before this amount was only 30,567 euros.
Despite th...
