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Bird Droppings from Estonia: The Koidula conspiracy (5)
It is the 19th century in NE Europe. In a small provincial town in a large empire an intelligent young woman is growing up in a liberal family with a ...
 
States, Economics and Markets: Redefining the Rules
George Friedman
A Stratfor Report

A complex sequence of meetings addressing the international financial crisis took place this weekend. The ...
 
The tragic story of a group of Americans who sought a better life in 1930s Russia.
Book review:
The Forsaken: An American Tragedy in Stalin's Russia By Tim Tzouliadis Penguin Press 448 pp. $29.95

One warm September evening ...
 
Behind the Bluster, Russia Is Collapsing
Murray Feshbach

The bear is back. That's what all too many Russia-watchers have been saying since Russian troops steamrolled Georgia in ...
 
Farmer in Chief
The Food Issue
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Published: October 9, 2008

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Do not let Russia ‘Finlandise’ western Europe (5)
When I first published The New Cold War last February, many contested my title. But what once seemed eccentric now looks mainstream. Relations ...
 
Russian history text affirms Putin’s historical and future vision of empire
A new Russian manual for teachers could well have been dictated by Vladimir Putin himself.
 
The final days of the federal campaign
With but days to go before the federal election on October 14, 2008, the fate of the Conservatives has followed the stock market: down. Just days ago ...
 
Peter Kent addresses Baltic voters in Thornhill (8)
Anne Liis Keelmann had some pre-election questions on political issues so she went to the committee room of Peter Kent, Conservative candidate for ...
 
Centre Party slush fund
A million EEK for job ads?

Tallinn’s ruling Centre Party is suspected of secretly funding its activities via a non profit organization. ...
 
Ilves: we cannot allow the provisions of international law to be observed selectively
On Wednesday October 8 at the University of Tartu auditorium, President Toomas Hendrik Ilves and Professor Norman Davies, Professor of History at ...
 
The financial crisis may curtail Kremlin plans for modernizing armed forces
On September 15 President Dmitry Medvedev announced ambitious plans to rearm and modernize Russia’s armed forces. Medvedev announced that by 2020 ...
 
ESTDOCS film synopsis: “Report: Green Estonia”
“Report: Green Estonia” poses the question, ‘Is Estonian independence over when its oil shale reserves are exhausted’?....
 
Enrich your life... volunteer with our seniors!
Are you a parent caring for a young child during the day?
Are you a high school student looking to put in some volunteer hours?
Or enjoying early ...
 
Estonia’s ranking drops in WEF Competitiveness Report
The United States tops the overall ranking in the World Economic Forum's (WEF) Global Competitiveness Report 2008-2009. Switzerland is in ...
 
US Scout-Guide Activity Calendar 2008-09
Skautide-gaidide tegevus 08-09

Aastakoosolekul kinnitati järgmised kuupäevad eesti skautidele ja gaididele USA-s.
The annual meeting ...
 
Euro on the brink of collapse
A quote from Ambrose Evans-Pritchard in The Daily Telegraph, 8 October 2008:

"The Baltic Dry Index measuring freight rates for shipping has ...
 
NATO split over Baltic defense (2)
BRUSSELS (RFE/RL) - A recent request by the highest military commander of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) for the authority to draw up ...
 
Putin’s ‘power vertical’ being extended to Russia’s religions
VIENNA – Two decisions of the Moscow Patriarchate this week and a suggestion by an Orthodox leader that Russia’s Muslims should copy what the ...
 
DVD of Singing Revolution available soon
Dear TSR Friends,

The Singing Revolution is still in theaters. No one anticipated this extensive of a theatrical run! We have played in over 120 ...
 
Teachers fail language inspections
Matt Winters reports in this week’s Baltic Times that many primary school and kindergarten teacher can’t speak Estonian well enough to teach, ...
 
Alberta’s GESE and place name researchers from Estonia (2)
This summer marked another event depicting unity and reconnection between Alberta descendants of Estonian pioneers and relatives in Estonia.

The ...
 
The 2010 Diversity USA Visa Lottery season is now open
Applications will be accepted from October 2, 2008 until midday on December 1, 2008. Estonian citizens are eligible to apply as are Russian citizens. ...
 
Sarkozy's advice: go into debt (1)
A quote from Nicolas Sarkozy during his campaign for the French presidential elections in 2007 (via Anne Kling, English translation here):

French ...
 
Is the Nobel committee clueless? (2)
The Nobel frenzy is in full swing. Adam Kirsch, over at Slate (http://www.slate.com/id/2201447/pagenum/all ),
believes that the Nobel Committee has ...
 
Russian security agencies now employ killers for use against Kremlin's enemies
VIENNA, October 8 – Yesterday, in an article timed to coincide with the second anniversary of the still-unsolved murder of Anna Politkovskaya and ...
 
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