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Russia, NATO 'Agree' Military Cooperation
(RFE/RL) - NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer says NATO and Russia have agreed to resume military cooperation.

The announcement came as ...
 
On this day: 27 June - the Iron Curtain was breached
European Parliament News

The first breach of the Iron Curtain which divided Communist Central and Eastern Europe from the West for over decades ...
 
Serb war criminal serving sentence in Estonia
Associated Press

Convicted Serb war criminal Milan Martic arrived in Estonia on Friday to serve his 35-year sentence there in an agreement ...
 
Internet divides Russia deeply and in more than one way
VIENNA, June 26 – Despite reports about the expansion of Internet use in Russia, more than half of that country’s urban residents over age 12 ...
 
Monumental achievement
Our species has always had a need to mark accomplishments with larger than life man-made structures. The motivations are not always laudable – the ...
 
Ethnic media briefing at Toronto City Hall
A recent briefing for the ethnic media, held in Toronto City Hall, hosted by Mayor David Miller and managers from every department, introduced a ...
 
Moscow intensifying anti-Estonia propaganda
In the wake of the opening of Estonia's 1919 Victory Monument, Moscow is doing its best to whip up anti-Estonian feeling among Russians.
 
Evenk Dam project backers use new methods and old against opponents
VIENNA , June 25 – Forty years ago, public support for environmental protection helped power the growth of ethno-national movements in the USSR. ...
 
jaanipäevast
There are five things every Estonian needs to celebrate Jaanipäev, the all day and night, midsummer's eve extravaganza that makes Christmas ...
 
JK Jazz Festival enters the big leagues!
The third annual JK Jazz Festival, scheduled for Sat Aug 29 & Sun Aug 30, 2009, on the grounds of Estonian Children's Camp ...
 
The Fall and Rise and Fall Again of the Baltic States
A recessionary tale from Europe's new basket cases.

Edward Lucas, June 22, 2009

Portraying the Baltic states in their current mess ...
 
A Possible Trap Awaits Obama in Moscow
Lilia Shevtsova, Moscow Times

June 22 - State visits don't usually influence world politics. But the visit of U.S. President Barack Obama to ...
 
Medvedev tells Arabs Russia is an ‘organic part’ of Muslim world
VIENNA, June 24 – In what many are certain to view as his response to US President Barak Obama’s Cairo address earlier this month, Russian ...
 
Iranian Opposition Tarred By Public 'Confessions' From Arrested Protesters
Charles Recknagel, June 24, RFE/RL

The streets of Tehran have gone quiet for the first time in more than 10 days. Instead of gathering in downtown ...
 
What rules apply in cyber-wars?
Digital Planet, Alka Marwaha, BBC World Service

As protests and violence continue in Iran so do the attacks and counter-attacks online.
 
It’s Up to You, EUMM
David J. Smith*

Last Sunday, Avtandil Akhaladze died of shrapnel wounds sustained when the ambulance he was driving struck a landmine. His ...
 
The Raivo Tafenau Quintet featuring Sergio Bastos in Montréal
One of the most exciting concerts this summer - not to be missed!

The Embassy of Estonia in Ottawa & The Montreal Estonian Society ...
 
Russians, Germans ready to prepare common textbook on 20th century
VIENNA, June 22 – On the 68th anniversary of the German attack on the Soviet Union, a senior Moscow academician said that Russian historians are ...
 
Iran: Why 2009 is not 1979 (2)
Donald M. Snow, Atlantic Council | June 22, 2009

The images coming out of Tehran the past week – and especially today – are intoxicating. ...
 
Russian Military Chief Accuses Georgia of Preparing Aggression
Pavel Felgenhauer, Eurasia Daily Monitor

The top Russian military commander, the Chief of the General Staff and First Deputy Defense Minister ...
 
The Cross of Liberty and the Monument to the War of Independence in Tallinn (3)
EMFA

War of Independence and the Cross of Liberty

In the Estonian War of Independence, which took place from 1918–1920, the Estonian side ...
 
Summertime blues
Will warm weather stiffen European spines?
Edward Lucas

When the people who run the Western world go on holiday, bad things happen in eastern ...
 
Tories seek to widen police access online
Matt Hartley and Omar El Akkad, Globe & Mail

Police will have sweeping new powers to collect information about Canadian Internet users without ...
 
Soviet veterans ask Medvedev to ban ‘partisan’ toilet paper
NEW YORK, June 19 – Soviet veterans have appealed to the Kremlin to overrule local officials and ban the use of a picture of a monument to World ...
 
Two Years On, Estonia Hardens Its Electronic Defenses
Jeremy Kirk, IDG News Service

Although the electronic attacks against Estonia are two years in the past, the small Baltic nation is still ...
 
A musical journey with the composers Johann Strauss
Some books you skim and read quickly, others you try to absorb in their entirety. For me Johann Strauss: Father and Son. A Century of Light Music ...
 
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