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Estonian folk fashions for children!
Now for the first time, the Estonian Ethnographic Society
in Canada is offering courses!
 
Canada’s Cultural News Service Appoints President
Edward Ginglo, founder and C.E.O. of Canadian Unity Press, Canada’s Cultural News Service, is pleased to announce the appointment of Paul Iannuzzi ...
 
Two Russias – urban and rural - increasingly at odds
VIENNA, January 6 – Like Disraeli's description of England in the 19th century, the Russian Federation of today has split into "two ...
 
Obama's kitchen-sink economics (1)
The Christian Science Monitor

What the US economy needs first is to be "stabilized," the president-elect told Congress this week as he ...
 
A new international agenda
Mikhail Gorbachev, IHT

The year 2008 has been indelibly marked by the global financial crisis. No one predicted its outbreak or its scale; I ...
 
Estonia 'can draw positives from 2008'
Estonia can take some positives from the poor economic climate of last year, according to one expert.
 
Flaherty hints personal tax cuts may be in budget (3)
Globe and Mail, January 6, 2009 at 11:24 AM EST

MONTREAL — Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty hinted today that personal tax cuts could be ...
 
ESTO SKI DAY 2009
This year’s annual Esto Ski Day at Georgian Peaks is scheduled for Friday, February 13, 2009. Events will include a day of skiing for family and ...
 
Small is beautiful
S. Adam Cardais, TOL, 5 January 2009

Making more credit available is vital if Central and Eastern European small businesses are to weather the ...
 
A fresh angle on curves (1)
Plus-size model Kristi Kuudisiim is setting the catwalks alight: full of confidence, she looks fabulous, and the Irish fashion industry can’t get ...
 
The Rypple effect
A novel way to satisfy feedback junkies

Dec 30th 2008 | SAN FRANCISCO From The Economist print edition

One defining characteristic of the Net ...
 
Obama picks Leon Panetta to head CIA
By Carl Hulse and Mark Mazzetti, IHT

WASHINGTON: President-elect Barack Obama has selected Leon Panetta, the former congressman and White House ...
 
if the glove does not fit (4)
I promised that I would not post on the trial of the four Bronze Soldier "defenders" until there was a verdict in the case, and today there ...
 
Could wine bridge the gulf between Georgia and Russia?
VIENNA, January 5 – Tbilisi is actively seeking to resume the export of wine to the Russian Federation, a step Moscow officials say they are ...
 
Resolutions for a Green New Year
New Year's resolutions are annual commitments we make that are usually beneficial to our health or lifestyle. This year, why not make a ...
 
Bird Droppings from Estonia: Where did it all go wrong? (2)
There has been a long hiatus since I last wrote due to a flurry of activity. Add the usual seasonal craziness …
 
Kasparov's Solidarity seeks alternative political space' to defeat Putin
VIENNA, January 5 – In order to promote the principles of democracy and thus to defeat Vladimir Putin's increasingly authoritarian system, ...
 
Laar: make 2009 the year of the visible hand
Toomas Hõbemägi, BBN

Ex-PM and chairman of the Pro Patria and Res Publica Union Mart Laar says that Estonia needs a strong, decisive and ...
 
World Bank expert advises Estonia to use reserves
Toomas Hõbemägi, BBN

In the opinion of World Bank analyst Estonian Ardo Hansson Estonia should now use the reserves that it has accumulated in ...
 
Czech Republic faces challenges with EU presidency
PRAGUE: On Thursday, the Czechs take over the European Union's six-month rotating presidency from EU heavyweight France, whose dynamic ...
 
Uncle Volodya's flagging Christmas spirit
The Economist, December 30th 2008

The Russian government is beginning to run out of the goodies that it has traditionally used to buy popular ...
 
Estonians see 2009 as a year of tax increases
TALLINN (TBT) - 2009 isn’t looking too good for Estonian taxpayers, as several new laws passed will not cut taxes as voters had expected.
 
2009 to be a big year for the Baltics
The Baltic Times, Dec 31, 2008

As famed pyrotechnician Gert Hof lights up the Vilnius New Year’s night, many Balts are thinking ahead to what ...
 
EU Foreign Ministers: The Israel-Palestine Conflict Cannot be Solved by Military Means (9)
At the extraordinary informal meeting of the European Union foreign minister that took place on the evening of Tuesday, 30 December in Paris, the ...
 
As if Things Weren't Bad Enough, Russian Professor Predicts End of U.S. (2)
In Moscow, Igor Panarin's Forecasts Are All the Rage; America 'Disintegrates' in 2010

By ANDREW OSBORN, WSJ

MOSCOW -- For a ...
 
Russian liberals have no reason for optimism as 2008 ends, Moscow analyst says
VIENNA, December 31 – Western and Russian analysts, encouraged by a disinformation campaign the Kremlin is conducting, are currently deceiving ...
 
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