Arvamus
Off with their heads
Tough action is needed against bankers to get us out of our 'doom loop'.
Simon Johnson, European Voice

At last, the administration of ...
 
Time for a Change at the Fed
Larry Kudlow
What exactly did Ben Bernanke promise Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid? That’s the big question right now. Reid reluctantly ...
 
Hurmaa
Any food one could desire is available within Estonia. The hitch is that it is available somewhere in Estonia and that somewhere can change at ...
 
Babelicious!
Bigger languages are also simpler ones
From The Economist online

Why do some languages drip with verb endings, declensions that show how a noun ...
 
Põnev küsitlus demokraatiast Venemaal
Marko Mihkelson

Mõni päev tagasi avaldas Venemaa üks tuntumaid avaliku arvamuse uurimise asutusi - Levada-keskus oma järjekordse küsitluse ...
 
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Andrus Peegel
 
Ukraine's Election and the Russian Resurgence
Peter Zeihan | STRATFOR

Ukrainians go to the polls Feb. 7 to choose their next president. The last time they did this, in November 2004, the ...
 
President Toomas Hendrik Ilves at the Estonian Newspapers Association Media Conference (3)
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
(22 Jan 2010)

Ladies and gentlemen.

I thank you for giving me the opportunity to share my ideas about ...
 
Why Are Internet Rights Becoming Part Of U.S. Foreign Policy?
Charles Recknagel, RFE/RL
The administration of U.S. President Barack Obama has sharply criticized Beijing’s policy of censoring access to the ...
 
Bashing the bankers is making Obama go blind
Obama’s plan to reform the big banks is rank political opportunism and will do little to address the underlying problems of the financial crisis.
...
 
Folk Dancing (5)
“How can you write that shit?” The man was seated next to me on an Estonian Air flight to Copenhagen. He thought we’d been double seated, asked ...
 
20,000 soldiers - many armed - now AWOL from Russian Army
VIENNA, January 25 – Some 20,000 soldiers, divided almost equally between draftees and those on contract, are currently being sought by the Russian ...
 
MacArthur’s policies in post-1945 Japan a model for Russia, Pavlova says
VIENNA, January 23 – U.S. General Douglas MacArthur’s transformation of Japan after Tokyo’s defeat in World War II represents “literally a ...
 
Juhtkiri: Kvantiteet või kvaliteet? Ikka mõlemad!
Eelmisest nädalast jäi hinge kriipima üks lühiuudis, mida pressis eriti ei kommenteeritud. Eesti Rahvastikuregistri statistika põhjal oli 1. ...
 
Kommentaar: Venemaa – sõber või vaenlane? (5)
National Post’i kolumnist George Jonas arutles 6. jaanuari lehes hiljutiste rahvusvaheliste arengute ja nende kajastamise üle pressis.
 
What the ‘Mass mutiny’ shows about the Obama era
A win for a Republican unknown not only spoiled Obama’s one-year anniversary in office – it also exposed a deeper crisis of American politics.
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Endless Crisis
Latvians are mad as hell over shrinking benefits, and the courts are listening.
Martin Ehl, Transitions Online

What can a citizen expect from the ...
 
You Scratcheth My Back …
The Kremlin seeks to cloak its power games in clerical vestments, and the church takes its cut.
Galina Stolyarova, Transitions Online

ST. ...
 
Viido veerg: Vanu raamatuid sirvides (2)
Mida teeb inimene kesktalvel maal? Mina isiklikult vaatan läbi oma manalateele läinud onu Henno raamatukogu.
 
Cultural autonomy in Estonia - bane or boon for indigenous cultural survival? (1)
Four ethnic Russian organizations have gone on public record together in demanding cultural autonomy for Russians living in Estonia.

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Will Kremlin’s push for officials to blog change Russian politics?
VIENNA, January 21 – Concerned about declining public trust in regional media, the Kremlin is pushing governors to launch their own blogs and take ...
 
Kaks tuhat kümme
I am so frustrated with the state of my Estonian language skills. Frustrated, angry. I'm angry at myself. I'm simultaneously lying flat on ...
 
Food for Thought Awards
The 2009/10 George Bernard Shaw Food for Thought Gastronomy Awards

“He was never more serious than when he was joking.”
–said of Mr. Shaw
...
 
The Latvian National Opera does it again! (2)
Bird Droppings looks back at last year
Well, it was good year. Here’s a round up of 2009 treats:

May: Our Tartu opera group went to Riga for ...
 
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Poliittrenn
 
Kommentaar: Kanada parlamendi pikaleveninud jõulupuhkus (1)
Mida oleksid Kanada parlamendi liikmed öelnud, kui nad vaadanuks juhtumisi 11. jaanuaril Delfi internetiportaali paigutatud fotomontaazhi Eesti ...
 
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