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Go out in April: Uppsala, nerds and witches

In front | AGENDA

Enjoy the year's first rays at Walpurgis night in Sweden, a vintage computer festival in Munich or the spring festival in Seville

by Karsten Marhold // 09/04/08

REVIEW

Headscarfs from Europe's presidents on Mars

Are you waiting for the snow in Tallinn? Bothered about a piece of cloth in Turkey? Or taking a politics lesson with McCain? The latest news from our babelblogs

by Katharina Kloss // 28/02/08

INTERVIEW
Irene Kaossar (Photo: Estonian Ministry of Education)

Estonian, language of the future?

From September 2007, the Russian minority have to officially learn Estonian in secondary schools - Irene Kaosaar, the head of linguistic minorities, on a 'transition' not a 'reform'

by Giovanni Angioni // 26/11/07

FEATURE
Let's take it back to the concrete streets (Photo: Natalia Sosin)

Internet mad e-stonia

A toy airport, a medieval city centre with little wood houses and a maritime city which is completely internet savvy

by Natalia Sosin // 13/09/07

FEATURE
(Photo: Katharina Kloss)

Tallinn 2011: fairytales spin gold

Estonia is determined to present Tallinn as a dynamic culture capital when it assumes the title in 2011 – even with a grouchy Europe

by Katharina Kloss // 12/09/07

FEATURE

Estonian economy: between crash landing and Baltic summer

11% growth, 4.5% unemployment and a lot of liberalism: how the Baltic Tiger catches investors. Inflation means the euro won't be in place before 2012

by Adriano Farano // 12/09/07

REPORT
Tallin’s Bronze soldier in april 2007 (Photo: ©Kalle Kniivilä/flickr)

Citizenship: undefined

A modern, progressive EU member state divided by the linguistic, cultural and educational differences between the Estonians and the Russian minority

by Chris Yeomans // 12/09/07

FEATURE
Luxury mile in Tallinn (Photo: Adriano Farano)

Risk factor 'boomtown'

Liberal reforms over the past decade have catapulted Estonia into one of the fastest-growing market economies of the European Union. But can the Baltic tiger keep up on the social agenda?

by Ruth Bender // 12/09/07

ANALYSIS
Oil: new Dutch disease? (Photo: Mixmaster/ Flickr)

Energy - new Russian missile?

As it plays an increasingly larger role in the relationship between Russia and its neighbours, is energy supply a way of seeing who is in control of the region?

by Margot Reis // 29/05/07

FOCUS

Europe-tripping: Christmas at the markets

If you have time to kill and money to burn, take a look around Europe’s Christmas markets – there’s so much more than mulled wine and cold feet

by Anna Karla // 08/12/06

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Get on the Live Debate: How dangerous is Russia?

After the Russian-Georgian crisis, the world started to feel the pressure of a new, possible Cold War. Estonian politicians and public opinion split in two fearing the consequences this could have on the future of the Republic and asking help to NATO more often than European Union diplomacy while Russia ...

by m.oelz // 20/08/08

g.angioni

Was it Real Estate or was it a dream?

Rein Rahuoja, the owner of a Real Estate company, commented the bizzarre economic situation Estonia is living by saying that he does not exclude the possibility of changing his job. For becoming a taxidriver

by g.angioni // 03/06/08

g.angioni

A strange wind is coming from East. Springtime or radioactivity?

Yesterday Baltic Business News published a short not about a fact that, although we did not spend too much time on commenting it -true, we have all been busy following Queen Beatrix of Nethelands in her walks in Rottermanni and Town Hall -, it still does not make me feel completely ...

by g.angioni // 16/05/08




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