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Bird Droppings from Estonia: Jaanipäev in Käsmu
I went to Käsmu with cousin Kalle for Jaanipäev (St John’s Day) - Midsummer Eve. I like this way of getting to my ancestral lands because I can ...
 
Ontario Tories elect Tim Hudak as leader
Last weekend the Ontario Progressive Conservatives chose Tim Hudak to be the new party leader. Hudak steps into the role vacated by the affable John ...
 
CEMA honours Marcus Kolga for “Gustloff” (2)
At the annual awards gala for the Canadian Ethnic Media Association (CEMA), on June 26, Marcus Kolga received an award for producing and directing a ...
 
Finno-Ugric linguistic group in the Middle Volga seeks republic status
VIENNA, July 2 – Furious at what they see as threats to their language and culture, the Erzyans, a 300,000 plus-strong Finno-Ugric linguistic ...
 
summer reading (1)
I was impressed. My Lithuanian host in Kaunas spoke not only English but Russian as well. He had to be the same age as me, or even younger. How did ...
 
Stamps honour four more of Canada’s musical icons
OTTAWA (July 2, 2009) –Today, Canada Post issued a quartet of stamps to celebrate the efforts of four musicians who made remarkable contributions ...
 
Russia's Grand Inquisitor
David Ignatius, The Washington Post

MOSCOW - As Barack Obama packs for his trip to Russia next week, he should bring along a copy of "The ...
 
Kremlin in Preparation for Obama-Medvedev Summit (1)
The Foundry, The Heritage Foundation

Moscow’s recent diplomatic demarches manifest the Kremlin’s drive to solidify its positions ahead of ...
 
‘Only North Korea has a registration system like Moscow’s’
VIENNA, July 1 – A virtual movement of legal activists is working in the Russian capital to help people moving there comply with the law and work ...
 
Russian experts divided on probability of new war with Georgia
VIENNA, July 1 – As Moscow continues a military exercise in the North Caucasus that it says is designed to prevent conflicts, one leading Russian ...
 
Bird Droppings from Estonia: Eurovision redux
We take our Eurovision very seriously up here! I have just been watching the re-run of the Song Contest 2009 that was being played as part of the run ...
 
Rumors of War
David J. Smith*

Russia Monday launched Kavkaz 2009—the largest ever military exercise in the North Caucasus—possibly the prelude to another ...
 
Ethnic differences of cancer incidence in Estonia: two cross-sectional unlinked census based cancer incidence analyses
Katrin Lang

Estonian and Russian ethnic groups in Estonia differ from one another in several aspects such as historic and socio-economic ...
 
The 180th anniversary of the conquest of the Ararat Mountain by an Estonian (1)
In October 2009 Estonian and Turkish mountain climbers to scale Ararat together

EMFA

The Estonian Embassy in Turkey is organizing a joint ...
 
Swedbank to create Baltic real-estate company
The Swedish Wire

Due to a growing number of confiscated properties in the Baltic States, Swedbank "will become a real-estate company" in ...
 
New Estonian bank eyes gap in the market
KMS
Now might not seem like the best time to open a new bank, but that is exactly what has happened in Estonia.
 
Estonian central bank says 2009 budget needs further cuts
TALLINN, June 30 (Reuters) - Estonia will still need to find a further 1.5 billion kroons ($134.2 million) in savings to keep the budget deficit ...
 
The Real Struggle in Iran and Implications for U.S. Dialogue
George Friedman, STRATFOR

Speaking of the situation in Iran, U.S. President Barack Obama said June 26, “We don’t yet know how any potential ...
 
‘Scent of war’ spreads across CIS, Moscow commentator cays
VIENNA, June 29 – Nearly a year after the Russian Federation violated the longstanding assumption that no post-Soviet state would use military ...
 
BIG to design Tallinn City Hall
In a unanimous decision by the jury for the international competition to design Tallinn's new City Hall, the entry from Danish firm Bjarke ...
 
U.S. and Russia Differ on a Treaty for Cyberspace
John Markoff and Andrew E. Kramer, The Ledger.com

The United States and Russia are locked in a fundamental dispute over how to counter the ...
 
Irish commissioner says EU Treaty would be rejected in most countries
Honor Mahony

Ireland's EU commissioner, Charlie McCreevy, has said that the Lisbon Treaty would be rejected by most member states if put to a ...
 
Al Jazeera coming to Canadian TV
Grant Robertson, Globe and Mail

One of the longest running and most contentious debates in Canadian broadcasting is coming to an end with the ...
 
Germany's top court to decide on EU treaty
Honor Mahony

EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - Germany's top court will on Tuesday (30 June) decide whether the EU's new treaty is compatible ...
 
2009 Lakewood Spordipäev Golf Tournament
Hello Esto Golfers…

This year’s Lakewood Spordipäev golf tournament will take place at the tried and true Lakewood Country Club. Here are ...
 
Stephen Harper announces Canada's newest national museum at Pier 21 (1)
Pier 21 to serve as monument to the role immigrants have played in Canadian history

HALIFAX – Historic Halifax landmark Pier 21 will be the ...
 
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