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Pravda: Estonia is coercing Russians to abandon their names
Something that resembles the truth might just be believable. Accordingly, Pravda is actively reinforcing Moscow’s ongoing propaganda onslaught ...
 
Caught out by the crunch (1)
Europe's wild north-east pays the price for living beyond its means
By Robert Anderson. Published: December 29 2008

The fall from grace has ...
 
Madness in Moscow
James Hackett, Monday, December 29, 2008

During this Christmas season most people wish for peace on Earth and goodwill for their fellow man, but ...
 
China's gunboat diplomacy
By Rory Medcalf. Published: December 28, 2008

SYDNEY: On Friday, two destroyers and a supply vessel departed on China's first long-range ...
 
What Santa can bring Eastern Europe
Radek Sikorski for NATO chief

The reindeer are harnessed, the sledge laden. So what will Santa Claus bring the ex-communist countries for ...
 
Tallinn candlelight service in 5 languages
[imgt="pics/2008/12/22271_1.jpg", thumb="pics/2008/12/22271_1_t.jpg", w="300", h="192", p="center", c="Greeting churchgoes following the service are (from the left) [b] Every year Rootsi-Mihkli kirik (Swedish St. Michael's church) in Tallinn's Old Town hosts a special international candlelight Christmas Eve ...
 
airBaltic buys out remaining SAS owned shares
The Baltic Times reports that the management of airBaltic has decided to buy out the remaning shares of the company held by SAS.
 
Tax burden in Estonia to go up sharply in 2009
Toomas Hõbemägi, 29.12.2008 BBN
Tens of new laws that will take effect in January will only increase people’s tax burden, not decrease it, ...
 
EU expresses 'grave concern' at Israeli attacks on Gaza
Leigh Phillips

The European Union has expressed its "grave concern" at Israel's continuing attacks on the Gaza Strip that have ...
 
Revaluation of Stalin upsets
Svenska Dagbladet, 22 December 2008

First it was nobody who understood why the Russian security service conducted a raid of the human rights ...
 
Another ‘unrecognized republic’ is born – this time in Ukraine
VIENNA, December 24 – The Transcarpathian Rusins (Ruthenians), who are estimated to number more than a million, are calling on Moscow to recognize ...
 
Stuff white people like (17)
Nathalie Rothschild, Spiked

They’re self-important and ironic. They love organic food, Tibet and Noam Chomsky. They loathe corporations, their ...
 
Putin's Biggest New Year's Wish
Vladimir Ryzhkov, MT

In 2009, as the frequency and intensity of protests across the country increase, the people will start demanding fundamental ...
 
Americans in the gulag
The little-known story of US citizens trying to escape the Depression

By Adam Hochschild
Mountainous Kolyma, only a few hundred miles west of ...
 
The Screening Room in December CNN
(CNN) -- This year's final edition of "The Screening Room" comes from the beautiful city of Tallinn in Estonia.

Estonian ...
 
Two-thirds of Russians favor retaining symbols of communist era
VIENNA, December 22 – Sixty-five percent of Russians say that the symbols of the communist past – including the names of streets and squares, the ...
 
Putin sends OMON troops from Moscow to suppress Vladivostok protests
VIENNA, December 22 – In yet another indication that Moscow fears protests in the regions could get support from local governments and thus ...
 
Toyota expects first operating loss in 70 years
Martin Fackler, December 22, 2008

TOKYO: Toyota Motor announced Monday that it expected its first loss in 70 years in its core vehicle-making ...
 
Robin Williams' look at the US presidential election and more
For those with a sense of humour untempered by the media and political correctness...

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World premiere of Urmas Sisask's Milky Way op. 24 piano 4 hands
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kf_nwNBnzoI
 
YouTube link: Christmas with Urmas Sisask
YouTube - 20 000 singers-100 000 listeners Sanctus-Urmas Sisask Live!
 
Press Release of the Parliament of Georgia
Final Report of the Special Commission Investigating the August War

· Identifies Russia as Solely Responsible for Planning and Starting ...
 
Russia recapitulating Soviet history but more quickly
With perhaps a different end, analyst says

VIENNA, December 21 – On an accelerated basis, Russia is "recapitulating the path of the USSR ...
 
Pale of Settlement
A while ago, back when I first met Justin and Jens-Olaf, we discussed (among other things) the Jewish population of Estonia's first Republic. ...
 
Äripäev’s top breaking stories in 2008
Toomas Hõbemägi, BBN

Journalistically, 2008 was a very good year, writes Äripäev. The following is a list of some of Äripäev’s main ...
 
Secret life of Lapland: How reindeer play a vital part of a threatened existence
Rudolph may be the stuff of Christmas legend, but for the reindeer herders of Europe's northernmost reaches these extraordinary animals are a ...
 
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