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Wed, 5 Sep 2007, Tallinn ‘not ready’ to be culture capital…

This is hard if we spend vast amounts of money making Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, look more medieval,   " Mikko said. "We need a lot of cutting-edge culture to balance our historical heritage...



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.