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Nr. 117 / 2010
Eight Questions for Anna-Maria Galojan
Anna-Maria Galojan is one of the most popular politicians and public figures in Estonia always in the center of media’s attention....
Anna-Maria Galojan is one of the most popular politicians and public figures in Estonia always in the center of media’s attention....
Mystery of the high seas
The world turned to the Baltic Sea this summer,when a cargo ship was hijacked by pirates and mysteriously disappeared.The cliches ...
The world turned to the Baltic Sea this summer,when a cargo ship was hijacked by pirates and mysteriously disappeared.The cliches ...
What’s on December
Estonia Dec. 07, Nokia Concert Hall, Tallinn: Major opera night brings the opening performance of the new season of La Scala to...
Estonia Dec. 07, Nokia Concert Hall, Tallinn: Major opera night brings the opening performance of the new season of La Scala to...
A New Platform and New Owners for Skype in E-Stonia
In recent months, Skype has attracted a lot of attention. This company, rooted in the Baltics, has begun to see profitable returns...
In recent months, Skype has attracted a lot of attention. This company, rooted in the Baltics, has begun to see profitable returns...
Estonian Winter Fun
The first thing most people mention about the climate of Estonia is that the winters are really quite cold and seem like they will...
The first thing most people mention about the climate of Estonia is that the winters are really quite cold and seem like they will...
Leave the city to the sweepers
Sometime in the nearest future it is going to snow. The snow’s going to fall on your head whether you want it or not. It’s also go...
Sometime in the nearest future it is going to snow. The snow’s going to fall on your head whether you want it or not. It’s also go...
Zappa Bust Heads to Baltimore?
Vilnius was declared a European Capital of Culture for 2009. Of course this Baltic state is rich in heritage, history and old buil...
Vilnius was declared a European Capital of Culture for 2009. Of course this Baltic state is rich in heritage, history and old buil...
Carried Away With Caraway
Though you may not realize it, the caraway seed (Carum carvi) is in practically everything you eat in the Baltics. This tiny littl...
Though you may not realize it, the caraway seed (Carum carvi) is in practically everything you eat in the Baltics. This tiny littl...
Elements of Latvian Design:An Exploration of Latvian Pagan Symbols
There exist myriad of traditional items that reflect the history of Latvian’s pagan roots and continue to hold the modern pride an...
There exist myriad of traditional items that reflect the history of Latvian’s pagan roots and continue to hold the modern pride an...
A Touch Of Baltic Beauty
Appearance is a vital factor in a person’s life. On a daily basis people perform the same routine to make themselves more attracti...
Appearance is a vital factor in a person’s life. On a daily basis people perform the same routine to make themselves more attracti...
Tinsel Time in Tallinn
Everyone loves a souvenir gift upon returning home from vacation. Actually most people expect them, whether they say so or not. ...
Everyone loves a souvenir gift upon returning home from vacation. Actually most people expect them, whether they say so or not. ...
The Holidays Are Coming
As you’ve probably noticed, it has gotten a bit cold outside, which can only mean one thing – winter is just around the corner. An...
As you’ve probably noticed, it has gotten a bit cold outside, which can only mean one thing – winter is just around the corner. An...
Lithuania: Land Of Gifts
Lithuania, with its strong, majestic oaks, vibrant folk costumes and a million ways to prepare a potato, is also famous for its mu...
Lithuania, with its strong, majestic oaks, vibrant folk costumes and a million ways to prepare a potato, is also famous for its mu...
Nr. 116 / 2009
The Baltic's Eastward Expansion
A long history The closeness between the Baltic's and Central Asia isn't merely part of a capitalistic agenda. It goes much dee...
A long history The closeness between the Baltic's and Central Asia isn't merely part of a capitalistic agenda. It goes much dee...
Best Baltic Beach Guide
Summer is here and what better time than now to head down to the beach to catch a few of the sun's fleeting rays? As all three B...
Summer is here and what better time than now to head down to the beach to catch a few of the sun's fleeting rays? As all three B...
Dill - the only Baltic spice
If there is one smell that can instantly transport you to the Baltics, its dill. The fresh herb is absolutely everywhere, and not ...
If there is one smell that can instantly transport you to the Baltics, its dill. The fresh herb is absolutely everywhere, and not ...
A Splash of Baltic Beauty
It's no secret that Balts are beautiful. Carmen Kass, model for Dior and Victoria's Secret is originally from Paide, Estonia. Ingu...
It's no secret that Balts are beautiful. Carmen Kass, model for Dior and Victoria's Secret is originally from Paide, Estonia. Ingu...
International patients put shine on Latvia's dental sectorÂ
Riga's lively nightlife, beautiful women, art noveau facades and elegant Old Town quarter are typically seen as Latvia's major tou...
Riga's lively nightlife, beautiful women, art noveau facades and elegant Old Town quarter are typically seen as Latvia's major tou...
Season For Singing
Visitors to Estonia and Lithuania this year will be surrounded by the sound of music; folk music. The equivalent of the Olympics, ...
Visitors to Estonia and Lithuania this year will be surrounded by the sound of music; folk music. The equivalent of the Olympics, ...
The tough Baltic States are steady under pressure, ready for what's next
The Baltic States haven't been in the headlines this much since they came together to hold hands in an effort to spur the down...
The Baltic States haven't been in the headlines this much since they came together to hold hands in an effort to spur the down...
A Regal Rebirth "Vilnius" Royal Palace
Some tourists wonder what kind of construction is going on in the Cathedral Square, the very heart of Vilnius. The answer is simpl...
Some tourists wonder what kind of construction is going on in the Cathedral Square, the very heart of Vilnius. The answer is simpl...
A Baltic Summer Hair And Nail Guide
If the internationally lauded parade of blondes through the streets of Riga showed the world one thing, it was that Baltic girls h...
If the internationally lauded parade of blondes through the streets of Riga showed the world one thing, it was that Baltic girls h...
Top 5 Summer Souvenirs
Latvia: 1) Balzams: No summer would be complete without a ice cold drink with a splash of refreshing Latvijas Black Balzams. Th...
Latvia: 1) Balzams: No summer would be complete without a ice cold drink with a splash of refreshing Latvijas Black Balzams. Th...
The Baltics' ancient tradition
Bonfires, beer, dancing, jumping over fires and all-night-long parties are a central theme to Midsummer celebrations in the Baltic...
Bonfires, beer, dancing, jumping over fires and all-night-long parties are a central theme to Midsummer celebrations in the Baltic...
What's On - June, July, August
Estonia: July. 03, Episcopal Castle, Haapsalu: The legendary German techno group Scooter will be coming back to Estonia t...
Estonia: July. 03, Episcopal Castle, Haapsalu: The legendary German techno group Scooter will be coming back to Estonia t...
Nr. 115 / 2008
Change, Change, Change
November 4, 2008, the day Barack Obama was elected president, was, as U.S. Ambassador to Latvia Charles Larson said, "an historic ...
November 4, 2008, the day Barack Obama was elected president, was, as U.S. Ambassador to Latvia Charles Larson said, "an historic ...
City Paper's Annual Baltic Photo Competition
Send us your best Baltic photos that capture the essence of your country. Be it humorous, beautiful or ugly, send us your phot...
Send us your best Baltic photos that capture the essence of your country. Be it humorous, beautiful or ugly, send us your phot...
News Briefs
Got pot? In a drug-busting frenzy, the Latvian State Police have detained the ringleaders of a massive marijuana farming operatio...
Got pot? In a drug-busting frenzy, the Latvian State Police have detained the ringleaders of a massive marijuana farming operatio...
What's on in December and January
Estonia: Dec. 11, Sadamateater, Tartu: Due to enormous audience interest, rock groups Kukerpillid and Metsatoll are comin...
Estonia: Dec. 11, Sadamateater, Tartu: Due to enormous audience interest, rock groups Kukerpillid and Metsatoll are comin...
Cozy Estonian weekends in the cold season
By Jana Belugina Winter in Estonia can be quite freezing and this is the time to discover new activities to keep cozy. When it'...
By Jana Belugina Winter in Estonia can be quite freezing and this is the time to discover new activities to keep cozy. When it'...
Things to do in the cold
Should you get the urge to leave the warm comfort of your sauna this winter, there are plenty of other venues that are sure to kee...
Should you get the urge to leave the warm comfort of your sauna this winter, there are plenty of other venues that are sure to kee...
TOP 5 Winter Activities in Vilnius!
By Michael Durnan As the windswept chill of an incoming Baltic winter steadily descends over Lithuania's capital, raincoats and...
By Michael Durnan As the windswept chill of an incoming Baltic winter steadily descends over Lithuania's capital, raincoats and...
Record Breaking: How The Baltics Secured a Place in The Guinness Book
In celebratory preparations for Latvia's 90th year of independence, both the government and the people went on a record setting sp...
In celebratory preparations for Latvia's 90th year of independence, both the government and the people went on a record setting sp...
Sweat dreams
By Adam Mullett "It is impossible to describe the ambience of the smoke sauna… it is like trying to describe the feeling when...
By Adam Mullett "It is impossible to describe the ambience of the smoke sauna… it is like trying to describe the feeling when...
Liepaja-Bellevue Sister City program
By Ilze Tomsevics The quiet, peaceful shores give way to modern high-rises, musical venues and renewed tourism across the world...
By Ilze Tomsevics The quiet, peaceful shores give way to modern high-rises, musical venues and renewed tourism across the world...
I'm dreaming of a Baltic Christmas
By Adam Mullett If you are passing through the Baltics or just living in there and have your mother calling you demanding that ...
By Adam Mullett If you are passing through the Baltics or just living in there and have your mother calling you demanding that ...
Ilusad Jõulud or Merry Christmas the Estonian way
By Jana Belugina Christmas is the most important holiday for Estonians. It is interesting to note, that the Estonian word for C...
By Jana Belugina Christmas is the most important holiday for Estonians. It is interesting to note, that the Estonian word for C...
Winter holidays in Latvia
Historically alongside it's Baltic neighbors, Latvia has always been a pagan society, and the holiday traditions reflect the belie...
Historically alongside it's Baltic neighbors, Latvia has always been a pagan society, and the holiday traditions reflect the belie...
Christmastime in Lithuania
By Michael Durnan Snow is falling, jingle bells are ringing, and the holiday season is making its presence ever so felt in the ...
By Michael Durnan Snow is falling, jingle bells are ringing, and the holiday season is making its presence ever so felt in the ...
Baltic Brazilians
While the weather is getting fairly frigid for most Balts, there is a group of Latvians Lithuanians and Estonians who have never h...
While the weather is getting fairly frigid for most Balts, there is a group of Latvians Lithuanians and Estonians who have never h...
Hunting in Latvia: Life at its Rawest
By Kristina Pauksens Hunting is an extremely popular activity in the Republic of Latvia, and with good reason. The pinewo...
By Kristina Pauksens Hunting is an extremely popular activity in the Republic of Latvia, and with good reason. The pinewo...
Nr. 114 / 2008
Light On For Latvia!
Nov. 18, 2008 marks the nation's 90th year of independence. Lights on for Latvia! is the motto of the Jubilee celebrations, which ...
Nov. 18, 2008 marks the nation's 90th year of independence. Lights on for Latvia! is the motto of the Jubilee celebrations, which ...
LETTERS: Satirical Spelling
Dear Editor, I was very disappointed that the latest of your three issues contained less 'creative' spelling. I find it very li...
Dear Editor, I was very disappointed that the latest of your three issues contained less 'creative' spelling. I find it very li...
LETTERS: Impressed With Ejugbo
Hello, I was truly impressed by the interview with Mr. Christopher Ejugbo in last month's CityPaper. It seems that he has done ...
Hello, I was truly impressed by the interview with Mr. Christopher Ejugbo in last month's CityPaper. It seems that he has done ...
LETTERS: Business Critique
Dear Editor, I am writing you in response to the article about the economy in City Paper issue number 113, published October 2...
Dear Editor, I am writing you in response to the article about the economy in City Paper issue number 113, published October 2...
President's residence sold to casino operator
With Baltic economies continuing their plummet into stagflation, the Estonian government has decided to take drastic measures. I...
With Baltic economies continuing their plummet into stagflation, the Estonian government has decided to take drastic measures. I...
Latvian rides his way to Guiness history
Latvian Bruno Å ulcs has made the history books. In late August, Å ulcs took his place in the Guinness Book of World Records for a...
Latvian Bruno Å ulcs has made the history books. In late August, Å ulcs took his place in the Guinness Book of World Records for a...
Lithuania tops the media charts
A recent study has found that Lithuania is the most media savvy Baltic State. The research, which was carried out by East West Gl...
A recent study has found that Lithuania is the most media savvy Baltic State. The research, which was carried out by East West Gl...
Visa free Baltics
U.S. President George W. Bush has invited the three Baltic States to join in a visa-free regime with the United States. Bush said...
U.S. President George W. Bush has invited the three Baltic States to join in a visa-free regime with the United States. Bush said...
Conservatives and celebrities to rule Lithuania
The Homeland Union/Christian Democrats have emerged victorious from the first round of Lithuanian parliamentary elections. The el...
The Homeland Union/Christian Democrats have emerged victorious from the first round of Lithuanian parliamentary elections. The el...
Air ballooning taking off in Lithuania
Air ballooning in Lithuania is 20 years old this year and has come a long way since its birth. There are a total of 11 clubs in Li...
Air ballooning in Lithuania is 20 years old this year and has come a long way since its birth. There are a total of 11 clubs in Li...
Treason Season – are the Baltics Russia's nexus into NATO?
On Sunday, Sept. 28, Estonia witnessed its first ever case of treason when former top official Herman Simm was arrested, along wi...
On Sunday, Sept. 28, Estonia witnessed its first ever case of treason when former top official Herman Simm was arrested, along wi...
The great Snipiskis affair Lithuania's outraged Jewish community
The fiasco at the Jewish cemetery in the Snipiskes district of Vilnius has created an international uproar in Jewish circles. Mor...
The fiasco at the Jewish cemetery in the Snipiskes district of Vilnius has created an international uproar in Jewish circles. Mor...
The death of a legend
For Latvia, Vija Artmane was more than an actress. She was a role model, a cultural icon, and a prodigy of the silver screen. At...
For Latvia, Vija Artmane was more than an actress. She was a role model, a cultural icon, and a prodigy of the silver screen. At...
Dartford, Tallinn's twin town
The idea behind twinning is that two vaguely similar cities exchange cultural links for their mutual benefit. Warsaw is twinned w...
The idea behind twinning is that two vaguely similar cities exchange cultural links for their mutual benefit. Warsaw is twinned w...
Kicking off the New Year, Baltic style
With winter on the way, it's time to start thinking about what to do with those precious few weeks of vacation time around New Yea...
With winter on the way, it's time to start thinking about what to do with those precious few weeks of vacation time around New Yea...
Balts murdered abroad
Ritvars Kozans, 23, left Latvia to work in the U.K. as an electrician two years ago. He had returned for Christmas in 2007 and had...
Ritvars Kozans, 23, left Latvia to work in the U.K. as an electrician two years ago. He had returned for Christmas in 2007 and had...
Back in the USSR: reexamining the Soviet past
"Back in the USSR…you don't know how lucky you are…to be back in the USSR…" That ironic refrain from the Beatles' 1968 hit ...
"Back in the USSR…you don't know how lucky you are…to be back in the USSR…" That ironic refrain from the Beatles' 1968 hit ...
Nr. 110 / 2008
Latvia: The Land that Sings
Once the primary objective of hijacking Latvia in 1941 was completed, the Soviet's moved on to a secondary mission: The obliterati...
Once the primary objective of hijacking Latvia in 1941 was completed, the Soviet's moved on to a secondary mission: The obliterati...
Sporty Little Animal Shorts
I loved reading the 10 Questions with Linard Kulless from your last edition. Last year, while my husband and I were looking around...
I loved reading the 10 Questions with Linard Kulless from your last edition. Last year, while my husband and I were looking around...
LETTERS: Expat Community Wanted
We moved to Lithuania about 2 months ago and are surprised at the apparently nonexistent expats community. We hear English on the ...
We moved to Lithuania about 2 months ago and are surprised at the apparently nonexistent expats community. We hear English on the ...
Uncle Joe, The Wizard Menace
Lolita Osipova, the organizer of a summer camp for Harry Potter enthusiasts in Latvia, received about 15 anonymous threatening mes...
Lolita Osipova, the organizer of a summer camp for Harry Potter enthusiasts in Latvia, received about 15 anonymous threatening mes...
LV + LT = Same Place?
The Czech Republic's soccer federation made all of the appropriate preparations to welcome their northern neighbor before the game...
The Czech Republic's soccer federation made all of the appropriate preparations to welcome their northern neighbor before the game...
President Adamkus' New Heart
The widely admired Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus, now has a heart stimulator, as reported by The Baltic Times. The medical d...
The widely admired Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus, now has a heart stimulator, as reported by The Baltic Times. The medical d...
Estonian Seaman Captured by Pirates
The Somali pirates captured the German cargo ship, MV Lehmann Timber that was sailing under Gibraltar's flag, on May 28th, and the...
The Somali pirates captured the German cargo ship, MV Lehmann Timber that was sailing under Gibraltar's flag, on May 28th, and the...
Lithuania Goes Fundamentally Moral
In recent months, Seimas, the Lithuanian parliament, has been occupied with highly sensitive, moral dilemmas. An attempt to wi...
In recent months, Seimas, the Lithuanian parliament, has been occupied with highly sensitive, moral dilemmas. An attempt to wi...
An Open Life: Interview with Maris Sants
Maris Sants, mathematician, pastor and psychotherapist, was one of the very first openly gay public figures in Latvia. In June, he...
Maris Sants, mathematician, pastor and psychotherapist, was one of the very first openly gay public figures in Latvia. In June, he...
Independence on the Big Screen
No, this is not about that film where aliens blew up the White House before being chased off by the American President, flying a f...
No, this is not about that film where aliens blew up the White House before being chased off by the American President, flying a f...
Study Abroad! Destination: Vilnius
Foreign students, leaving their native countries to study abroad in Lithuania have become an increasingly visible feature of the e...
Foreign students, leaving their native countries to study abroad in Lithuania have become an increasingly visible feature of the e...
Latvia, Home to Mrs. Universe 2008
Everyone knows one of the top five reasons to go to Latvia is for the gorgeous women. Now, Latvian women have their queen, as Mari...
Everyone knows one of the top five reasons to go to Latvia is for the gorgeous women. Now, Latvian women have their queen, as Mari...
New Riga Hotels
Riga is quickly becoming a destination for all seasons. To satisfy the increasing demand for tourist accommodation, there has been...
Riga is quickly becoming a destination for all seasons. To satisfy the increasing demand for tourist accommodation, there has been...
Fast N' Furious! The Underground World of Urban Night Games
It is midnight on a quiet, romantic beach in the outskirts of Tallinn. Couples are sitting in their cars whispering sweet nothings...
It is midnight on a quiet, romantic beach in the outskirts of Tallinn. Couples are sitting in their cars whispering sweet nothings...
The Man from India
Most young people in the Baltic States are looking into the future, and sick of dwelling on stories from the past. For some, visit...
Most young people in the Baltic States are looking into the future, and sick of dwelling on stories from the past. For some, visit...
Moving Baltic Sea Festival
This summer there is a different kind of ship sailing the Baltic Sea. Don't worry, it isn't a pirate ship, it is a ship full of ar...
This summer there is a different kind of ship sailing the Baltic Sea. Don't worry, it isn't a pirate ship, it is a ship full of ar...
Pazaislis Festival All Summer Long
On June 1st, in a tranquil monastery courtyard, the annual Pazaislis Music Festival kicked off with a concert of music by Pink Flo...
On June 1st, in a tranquil monastery courtyard, the annual Pazaislis Music Festival kicked off with a concert of music by Pink Flo...
What's on in July
Estonia All Month: Nargen Opera Festival, Various Locations, www.nargenopera.ee 1 Slayer, Eesti Näituste messikeskus, www.pil...
Estonia All Month: Nargen Opera Festival, Various Locations, www.nargenopera.ee 1 Slayer, Eesti Näituste messikeskus, www.pil...
10 Questions: Arnis Balcus
Arnis Balcus is one of the most controversial, and easily one of the most famous contemporary Latvian art photographers. He shocke...
Arnis Balcus is one of the most controversial, and easily one of the most famous contemporary Latvian art photographers. He shocke...
Berry Season
Summer is my favorite time of year for one reason: the berries. There are gooseberries, loudberries, strawberries, blue berries, ...
Summer is my favorite time of year for one reason: the berries. There are gooseberries, loudberries, strawberries, blue berries, ...
Nr. 107 / 2008
Rules of Attraction
Researcher and government adviser Simon Anholt is famous for developing the 'Anholt Index' of National Brands. In recent years h...
Researcher and government adviser Simon Anholt is famous for developing the 'Anholt Index' of National Brands. In recent years h...
The Measurement Man - The long shadow of a cultural icon
Countries take great pride in their UNESCO World Heritage Sites, and in the Baltics these are pretty special spots. But few ar...
Countries take great pride in their UNESCO World Heritage Sites, and in the Baltics these are pretty special spots. But few ar...
LATVIA'S FIRST BUSKER
One hot August day in 1987, Miervaldis Polis emerged from his flat in Agenskalns to take a walk through Riga's city centre. It...
One hot August day in 1987, Miervaldis Polis emerged from his flat in Agenskalns to take a walk through Riga's city centre. It...
LITHUANIA ROCKS!
The Lithuanian Rock Scene has struggled through much animosity and contempt by the authorities in an attempt to become a mainstr...
The Lithuanian Rock Scene has struggled through much animosity and contempt by the authorities in an attempt to become a mainstr...
NEXT STOP: The New Cold War
One of the reasons I routinely attempt to connect Estonia to other northern European countries for readers used to seeing it p...
One of the reasons I routinely attempt to connect Estonia to other northern European countries for readers used to seeing it p...
Roberto Meloni - 10 Questions
Roberto Meloni is Latvia's resident Italian. He moved here to teach Italian, learnt Latvian and has become a local celebrity. ...
Roberto Meloni is Latvia's resident Italian. He moved here to teach Italian, learnt Latvian and has become a local celebrity. ...
What's on April
Latvia 1-30 - Riga Historic Music and Dance Festival, various locations www.culture.lv 1-30 - Holland Days w...
Latvia 1-30 - Riga Historic Music and Dance Festival, various locations www.culture.lv 1-30 - Holland Days w...
The Great Chocolate WAR
Four years ago Latvia's chocolate kingpin Laima sent its marketing and R & D departments on a mission to conquer at least on...
Four years ago Latvia's chocolate kingpin Laima sent its marketing and R & D departments on a mission to conquer at least on...
Nr. 106 / 2008
A day in the life of a Prima Ballerina, Elza Leimane
Ballet has been performed in Latvia by the Latvian National Ballet Company, since the first performance in 1922. Latvi...
Ballet has been performed in Latvia by the Latvian National Ballet Company, since the first performance in 1922. Latvi...
THE CASTLE OF LIGHT
Creating proper facilities to house Latvia's national heritage has been plagued with false starts and delays for almost a cent...
Creating proper facilities to house Latvia's national heritage has been plagued with false starts and delays for almost a cent...
ACROSS THE BALTIC, A Mission to Raise Awareness of Communist Crimes
In the historiography of the Baltic countries, the Kingdom of Sweden these days is most often painted as a benevolent force of m...
In the historiography of the Baltic countries, the Kingdom of Sweden these days is most often painted as a benevolent force of m...
10 Questions: Tanel Padar
Tanel Padar, is the lead singer of succesful Estonian band The Sun. Internationally, Tanel is probably best known for winnin...
Tanel Padar, is the lead singer of succesful Estonian band The Sun. Internationally, Tanel is probably best known for winnin...
Traditional Baltic Remedies
When your eyes hurt, then you must cut out of freshly baked bread a round crust from the end, and place it on top of a glass. ...
When your eyes hurt, then you must cut out of freshly baked bread a round crust from the end, and place it on top of a glass. ...
Crossroads of the Nations, Kedainiai, a multicultural pearl in rural Lithuania
Did you hear the one about the Jew, the Arian and the Scot? No, this isn't the start of a bad taste joke, but it puts the hist...
Did you hear the one about the Jew, the Arian and the Scot? No, this isn't the start of a bad taste joke, but it puts the hist...
Hailing the Ladies, Riga's feminine cab company
Anyone who has driven in the Baltics knows that many of the region's cars are powered by two chemicals: petrol and testosteron...
Anyone who has driven in the Baltics knows that many of the region's cars are powered by two chemicals: petrol and testosteron...
VODKA, The Baltic Tipple
They say wine is the water of the Gods and vodka is the wine of the Eastern European people, who have for centuries used it to...
They say wine is the water of the Gods and vodka is the wine of the Eastern European people, who have for centuries used it to...
Nr.105 / 2008
A Tale of Two Cities - Valga and Valka celebrating reunification
It may not have shaken the world like the fall of the Berlin Wall, but the elation felt by the people was just as genuine. On Dec...
It may not have shaken the world like the fall of the Berlin Wall, but the elation felt by the people was just as genuine. On Dec...
The Palin effect
Tour operators who are predicting a boom in travel to the Baltics created by the phenomenon that has become known as the 'Palin ef...
Tour operators who are predicting a boom in travel to the Baltics created by the phenomenon that has become known as the 'Palin ef...
Who saved Latvia's Freedom Monument?
The most revered landmark in the center of the Latvian capital owes its survival through the 50-year Soviet occupation to a Russia...
The most revered landmark in the center of the Latvian capital owes its survival through the 50-year Soviet occupation to a Russia...
Reversing the Brain Drain
A concern for the Estonian labor market policy is the so-called "brain drain", i.e. emigration of workers to Nordic and other coun...
A concern for the Estonian labor market policy is the so-called "brain drain", i.e. emigration of workers to Nordic and other coun...
Byte Hard ! CYBER WARFARE
Estonia is preparing to save the world from horrible hackers, sinister cyber-criminals and rampaging robots, says Mike Collier. ...
Estonia is preparing to save the world from horrible hackers, sinister cyber-criminals and rampaging robots, says Mike Collier. ...
Party Port -Drinking and dancing in Klaipeda
Tossed back and forth between rulers and playing host to everyone from Hitler to Soviet defectors, Klaipeda was one of Europe...
Tossed back and forth between rulers and playing host to everyone from Hitler to Soviet defectors, Klaipeda was one of Europe...
How do you want to be remembered?
John or Jane Doe, John Q. Public, Joe Blow, or John Schmoe. Well that's what it would be in the Good Ol' US of A, if you were unfo...
John or Jane Doe, John Q. Public, Joe Blow, or John Schmoe. Well that's what it would be in the Good Ol' US of A, if you were unfo...
Nr.104 / 2007
Estonian Swedes Embrace Autonomy Rights
The illustrations of Ilon Wikland's 1995 book for children, Den lnga, lnga resan or "The long, long journey," show a young blonde ...
The illustrations of Ilon Wikland's 1995 book for children, Den lnga, lnga resan or "The long, long journey," show a young blonde ...
'Tis the Season to be Jolly
In the Baltics what is now the Christmas celebration directly corresponds with the pagan "Yuletide" winter solstice celebration se...
In the Baltics what is now the Christmas celebration directly corresponds with the pagan "Yuletide" winter solstice celebration se...
Dark Tourism
'Dark tourism' is a different type of tourist attraction. It is the act of travel and visitation to sites of death, disaster a...
'Dark tourism' is a different type of tourist attraction. It is the act of travel and visitation to sites of death, disaster a...
Georg
During Soviet times, Georg Ots was one of Estonia's trademark symbols, a singer so famous that the authorities named a ship af...
During Soviet times, Georg Ots was one of Estonia's trademark symbols, a singer so famous that the authorities named a ship af...
Heart of Grass
Talk about being at the centre of Europe is commonplace. But when Lithuanians say it, they really mean it… What do you do...
Talk about being at the centre of Europe is commonplace. But when Lithuanians say it, they really mean it… What do you do...
Artist Bites: JURGA
Jurga (Jurga Seduikyte) is a highly acclaimed young Lithuanina singer/songwriter. She recently won the 2007 MTV European Music...
Jurga (Jurga Seduikyte) is a highly acclaimed young Lithuanina singer/songwriter. She recently won the 2007 MTV European Music...
10 Questions: Martins Ritins
Celebrity Chef Martins Ritins is a British-born Latvian who runs his world renowned restaurant, Vincents, in Riga. This culina...
Celebrity Chef Martins Ritins is a British-born Latvian who runs his world renowned restaurant, Vincents, in Riga. This culina...
Made in Estonia
Model wears Monton clothing. Monton (modern male and female fashion) is found in all major Baltic shopping centres. Model drin...
Model wears Monton clothing. Monton (modern male and female fashion) is found in all major Baltic shopping centres. Model drin...
Made in Latvia
Model wears clothes by Zaza Couture, childrenswear, Raina Bulv. 21, Riga. Hat by Nordwear. Fifi wears Latvian traditional swea...
Model wears clothes by Zaza Couture, childrenswear, Raina Bulv. 21, Riga. Hat by Nordwear. Fifi wears Latvian traditional swea...
Made in Lithuania
Model wears clothes by Lelija. Men and women's day wear, suits and jackets located throughout Lithuania and Lelija stores are ...
Model wears clothes by Lelija. Men and women's day wear, suits and jackets located throughout Lithuania and Lelija stores are ...
Pokaini - There's something out there
Last month Jevgeny Sidorov, a physicist and paranormal investigator, shared some extraordinary stories and photos with me (see...
Last month Jevgeny Sidorov, a physicist and paranormal investigator, shared some extraordinary stories and photos with me (see...
Real Estate: Upmarket Industry
In Latvia the decrease of industrial production started in the late 20th century, coinciding with major political and economic...
In Latvia the decrease of industrial production started in the late 20th century, coinciding with major political and economic...
Real Estate: Tallinn - A Seaside City
Tallinn is working on strengthening its connection with the sea with plans to make it a real maritime city, attracting both to...
Tallinn is working on strengthening its connection with the sea with plans to make it a real maritime city, attracting both to...
Hitting the Small Slopes
You may not expect much alpine action in one of Europe's flattest piece of real estate, and when you do strap on the skis here...
You may not expect much alpine action in one of Europe's flattest piece of real estate, and when you do strap on the skis here...
The Sound of Success - One Latvian's innovative spirit
Guests in Soviet hotels used to turn the music up loud if they wanted a private conversation, and a discovery a few years ago ...
Guests in Soviet hotels used to turn the music up loud if they wanted a private conversation, and a discovery a few years ago ...
What's on in Dec/Jan
ESTONIA Dec 5 Brian Adams, Saku Suurhall www.piletelevi.ee Dec 6 Joe Cocker, Saku Suurhall www.piletelevi.ee Dec ...
ESTONIA Dec 5 Brian Adams, Saku Suurhall www.piletelevi.ee Dec 6 Joe Cocker, Saku Suurhall www.piletelevi.ee Dec ...
Nr.103 / 2007
Let there be LIGHT
The Museum of the Occupation of Latvia is housed in a building first built as the Latvian Red Riflemen's Museum. The Latvi...
The Museum of the Occupation of Latvia is housed in a building first built as the Latvian Red Riflemen's Museum. The Latvi...
Interview with Anne Applebaum
Anne Applebaum (born 25 July 1964) is a journalist and Pulitzer Prize-winning author who has written extensively about commu...
Anne Applebaum (born 25 July 1964) is a journalist and Pulitzer Prize-winning author who has written extensively about commu...
The Politics of Dancing
What is the key to successful TV programming? In Estonia these days it appears to be having the opportunity to watch the Swedi...
What is the key to successful TV programming? In Estonia these days it appears to be having the opportunity to watch the Swedi...
Baltic Wedding Traditions
A white wedding dress to portray chastity, a pair of wedding rings to symbolize eternal love and bonding, a large wedding cak...
A white wedding dress to portray chastity, a pair of wedding rings to symbolize eternal love and bonding, a large wedding cak...
The Unseen: Baltic UFO Quest
Quests: Whether searching for a vaccine, a life-mate, money or The Holy Grail, we are all on a quest of one sort or another. ...
Quests: Whether searching for a vaccine, a life-mate, money or The Holy Grail, we are all on a quest of one sort or another. ...
Hands up, John Smith
Surnames for most instances derive either from patronyms, occupations, locations, places of residence or from nature. Smiths ...
Surnames for most instances derive either from patronyms, occupations, locations, places of residence or from nature. Smiths ...
Pop culture
Because the Baltic states, only over a decade ago came out from under the Soviet blanket, many people around the world have never ...
Because the Baltic states, only over a decade ago came out from under the Soviet blanket, many people around the world have never ...
MTV Baltics – Taking our talent to the top
Ayear ago the international music channel MTV launched MTV Networks Baltic, the first pan - Baltic media platform. The three l...
Ayear ago the international music channel MTV launched MTV Networks Baltic, the first pan - Baltic media platform. The three l...
Letter from the editor
Public transport in the Baltic's is a very cheap and efficient way to get to any B. Pick any town, country house or place on a...
Public transport in the Baltic's is a very cheap and efficient way to get to any B. Pick any town, country house or place on a...
Nr. 102 / 2007
The 'Other' Capitals
YOU might sometimes be forgiven for thinking that the Baltics are little more than Ruritanian city states. Riga, Tallinn and Vil...
YOU might sometimes be forgiven for thinking that the Baltics are little more than Ruritanian city states. Riga, Tallinn and Vil...
Estonia's Big Boys' Club
The names on the wall read like a Who's who of Estonian politics. There's former Prime Minister Mart Laar, current Minis...
The names on the wall read like a Who's who of Estonian politics. There's former Prime Minister Mart Laar, current Minis...
Latvia's Pizza Man
Canadian-Latvian Elmars Tannis arrived in Latvia in 1992 with 10,000 Canadian Dollars, a business partner, and a dream to start a ...
Canadian-Latvian Elmars Tannis arrived in Latvia in 1992 with 10,000 Canadian Dollars, a business partner, and a dream to start a ...
Famous Balts
The Baltic's are famous for many things, among them the first Christmas tree, communications revolution Skype (Estonian developers...
The Baltic's are famous for many things, among them the first Christmas tree, communications revolution Skype (Estonian developers...
The Unseen
Pristinely restored-frequently snow covered-cathedrals, palaces and mansions; architecture ranging from avant-garde to medieval, c...
Pristinely restored-frequently snow covered-cathedrals, palaces and mansions; architecture ranging from avant-garde to medieval, c...
Making Movies
The Latvian film industry is a young and developing sector although it's history goes back to the country's first independ...
The Latvian film industry is a young and developing sector although it's history goes back to the country's first independ...
Real estate: pop goes the bubble?
For the first time in ten years real estate price in the Baltic states are falling. Is the bubble bursting? After reaching and e...
For the first time in ten years real estate price in the Baltic states are falling. Is the bubble bursting? After reaching and e...
Real estate: love thy neighbor
The Baltics are full of beautiful old historic buildings brimming with character and charm. If you are considering buying an apart...
The Baltics are full of beautiful old historic buildings brimming with character and charm. If you are considering buying an apart...
Profiling the company car park
Any business exchange is more productive when you've done your homework. Scrutinising the annual statements and executive CVs of t...
Any business exchange is more productive when you've done your homework. Scrutinising the annual statements and executive CVs of t...
History repeating: then and now
‘What goes around comes around,' as the saying goes. Or, if you prefer your wise saw with a Marxist twist, how about his fam...
‘What goes around comes around,' as the saying goes. Or, if you prefer your wise saw with a Marxist twist, how about his fam...
Returning to The Motherland
Repatriate (rÄ“-pÄ'trÄ“-Ät') – to restore or return to the country of birth, citizenship, or ori...
Repatriate (rÄ“-pÄ'trÄ“-Ät') – to restore or return to the country of birth, citizenship, or ori...
Nr. 25/2007
Terrorists on the terrace?
Outdoor diners ruffle embassy feathers The embassies of Poland, Italy and Austria have filed complaints to the Estonian F...
Outdoor diners ruffle embassy feathers The embassies of Poland, Italy and Austria have filed complaints to the Estonian F...
Vodka definition remains
But good try, Balts! The EU Parliament has rejected a proposal by Poland, Finland, the Baltic states, Sweden and Denmark t...
But good try, Balts! The EU Parliament has rejected a proposal by Poland, Finland, the Baltic states, Sweden and Denmark t...
Free speech in Latvia?
Is it under fire? If you’re upset with Latvia’s Prime Minister Aigars Kalvitis, it’s probably best you d...
Is it under fire? If you’re upset with Latvia’s Prime Minister Aigars Kalvitis, it’s probably best you d...
Lithuanian businessmen say media corrupt
Pot calls kettle (and self) black. More than half of a 502-CEO sample of Lithuania’s CEOs see the country’s m...
Pot calls kettle (and self) black. More than half of a 502-CEO sample of Lithuania’s CEOs see the country’s m...
Nr. 24/2007
Open season on President Zatlers?
When will the press leave this man alone? Referred to behind his back as a “quack” by foreign journalists, be...
When will the press leave this man alone? Referred to behind his back as a “quack” by foreign journalists, be...
Cruise ships: overrated in Tallinn
The silver bullet it ain’t. The largest vessel ever to visit Tallinn, cruise ship Navigator of the Seas brought to ...
The silver bullet it ain’t. The largest vessel ever to visit Tallinn, cruise ship Navigator of the Seas brought to ...
A slow news season...
...leads to polar bear sightings. Summertime has never been a productive news season in the Baltic. Recently, this has le...
...leads to polar bear sightings. Summertime has never been a productive news season in the Baltic. Recently, this has le...
Your crappy Estonian internet connection
May soon be a thing of the past Nope, this is not an advertisement. The City Paper editor is tired of his crappy internet...
May soon be a thing of the past Nope, this is not an advertisement. The City Paper editor is tired of his crappy internet...
City Paper gets new owners
But why should the reader care? City Paper's shares have been sold to the magazine's current editor and the majority owne...
But why should the reader care? City Paper's shares have been sold to the magazine's current editor and the majority owne...
Nr. 23/2007
Should any party preach ethics?
Of pots and black kettles At the Reform Party’s general assembly last Sunday, PM Andrus Ansip set the party’s...
Of pots and black kettles At the Reform Party’s general assembly last Sunday, PM Andrus Ansip set the party’s...
Fishing Diplomacy
The next in Weather.ee's series of English-language nature columns. Visit here or www.ilm.ee/~uploader/loodus/?leht=art...
The next in Weather.ee's series of English-language nature columns. Visit here or www.ilm.ee/~uploader/loodus/?leht=art...
An Estonian school in Finland?
Illegal, but Finnish law to be amended Estonians residing in Finland hope to open an Estonian-curriculum school in Finlan...
Illegal, but Finnish law to be amended Estonians residing in Finland hope to open an Estonian-curriculum school in Finlan...
Estonian Literature
This time for real 3,500 tenth grade pupils in Russian-language high schools in Estonia will have to start learning Estoni...
This time for real 3,500 tenth grade pupils in Russian-language high schools in Estonia will have to start learning Estoni...
Happy Birthday, Sini-must-valge
Number 123 The Estonian flag became 123 years old this week. Happy birthday. ...
Number 123 The Estonian flag became 123 years old this week. Happy birthday. ...
Nr. 22/2007
New smoking laws in Estonia
Beginning June 5, your life will change Starting June 5th, smoking in entertainment establishments (casinos, restaurants,...
Beginning June 5, your life will change Starting June 5th, smoking in entertainment establishments (casinos, restaurants,...
Estonia's Nature Calendar
Now with regular English-language articles Visit http://www.ilm.ee/~uploader/loodus/?leht=art0705engmydig for the most re...
Now with regular English-language articles Visit http://www.ilm.ee/~uploader/loodus/?leht=art0705engmydig for the most re...
Who makes what in Lithuania
Fast growth in salaries brings some threats Lithuania’s statistics department reported the average monthly salary b...
Fast growth in salaries brings some threats Lithuania’s statistics department reported the average monthly salary b...
Painting posts Estonian auction record
Hooray for Johann Köler The Baltic’s first international art auction broke all records of Estonian art auction...
Hooray for Johann Köler The Baltic’s first international art auction broke all records of Estonian art auction...
Nr. 21/2007
Money under the table
What’s a real salary in Estonia? The Estonian Economic Research Institute completed a study showing the percentage ...
What’s a real salary in Estonia? The Estonian Economic Research Institute completed a study showing the percentage ...
Culture Vulture Recommends
Kenfig Hill comes to Estonia Two concerts by the Kenfig Hill Male Choir from Wales. Monday, May 28th, at Püha Vaimu ...
Kenfig Hill comes to Estonia Two concerts by the Kenfig Hill Male Choir from Wales. Monday, May 28th, at Püha Vaimu ...
Russians and the Estonian language—Illusion and Reality
Russians do learn the language. Just not all of them. Every foreigner who’s bothered to learn a single Estonian phr...
Russians do learn the language. Just not all of them. Every foreigner who’s bothered to learn a single Estonian phr...
A difficult language exam?
Take it yourself and find out Last year, a few more than half those who took the state language exam passed with an avera...
Take it yourself and find out Last year, a few more than half those who took the state language exam passed with an avera...
Nr. 20/2007
How a statue brings votes
Leaving others in its wind? According to a TNS Emor survey, half of Estonian respondents said they were prepared to vote ...
Leaving others in its wind? According to a TNS Emor survey, half of Estonian respondents said they were prepared to vote ...
Music for a cause
Concert goers take note. The International Women’s Club of Tallinn is organizing on the 22nd of May at 6 pm, a bene...
Concert goers take note. The International Women’s Club of Tallinn is organizing on the 22nd of May at 6 pm, a bene...
Aaviksoo spices up boring bureaucracy
Few fell asleep in meeting. Minister of defence Jaak Aaviksoo raised the issue of cyber attacks at the EU Council of Mini...
Few fell asleep in meeting. Minister of defence Jaak Aaviksoo raised the issue of cyber attacks at the EU Council of Mini...
Ilves: Estonia must disconnect from the Russian power network
How about Marek Strandberg’s solution? At a recent Estonian energy forum, President Toomas Hendrik Ilves called the...
How about Marek Strandberg’s solution? At a recent Estonian energy forum, President Toomas Hendrik Ilves called the...
The British Invasion
Staggers + Football Fans = Trouble ? The Estonian police are preparing for the arrival of thousands of British football f...
Staggers + Football Fans = Trouble ? The Estonian police are preparing for the arrival of thousands of British football f...
Nr. 19/2007
The Power of Propaganda
Russia just can’t help it On the evening of May 3rd, the Estonian police picked up a drunken Russian who claimed to b...
Russia just can’t help it On the evening of May 3rd, the Estonian police picked up a drunken Russian who claimed to b...
Estonian Nature in English
At last! Birds may not sing in Estonian, but most Estonian nature gurus write about them in that language, limiting the am...
At last! Birds may not sing in Estonian, but most Estonian nature gurus write about them in that language, limiting the am...
Fresh riot news in English
Visit www.balticsww.com/forum We can’t possibly fill this space with the most recent news of the conflicts in Talli...
Visit www.balticsww.com/forum We can’t possibly fill this space with the most recent news of the conflicts in Talli...
Nr. 18/2007
The lighter side of rioting
The Estonian sense of humor The following have been circulating in Estonian circles on the internet with the headline, &q...
The Estonian sense of humor The following have been circulating in Estonian circles on the internet with the headline, &q...
Riot rundown
A summary This weekly newsletter can’t possibly bring you up-to-the minute coverage of events surrounding Bronze Sol...
A summary This weekly newsletter can’t possibly bring you up-to-the minute coverage of events surrounding Bronze Sol...
Riots' impact
Business suffers As a sign of the declining economic relations between Estonia and Russia, the major Russian commercial ch...
Business suffers As a sign of the declining economic relations between Estonia and Russia, the major Russian commercial ch...
Nr. 17/2007
Estonia's Russian Riots
Get the latest on CP’s forums The riots in Tallinn may not be over, but reports indicate they are being kept under ...
Get the latest on CP’s forums The riots in Tallinn may not be over, but reports indicate they are being kept under ...
Like a minefield for children
UNICEF says Estonian children exposed to risks A UNICEF study shows that the fatal accident risk of children in Estonia i...
UNICEF says Estonian children exposed to risks A UNICEF study shows that the fatal accident risk of children in Estonia i...
Estonian film to be screened at Cannes
But judge bans it from hometown screens The first Estonian film ever to be selected for screening at Cannes will not be s...
But judge bans it from hometown screens The first Estonian film ever to be selected for screening at Cannes will not be s...
Estonia's favorite soap opera: SAS and Estonian Air
Please, Mr. Ansip, sell your shares. Estonian media reports that SAS would be interested in buying the 34% stake belongin...
Please, Mr. Ansip, sell your shares. Estonian media reports that SAS would be interested in buying the 34% stake belongin...
Nr. 16/2007
Good luck, Fujitsu
Does Mattila dream the impossible dream? The second largest IT company in the world Fujitsu is planning to hire 20-...
Does Mattila dream the impossible dream? The second largest IT company in the world Fujitsu is planning to hire 20-...
Gazprom's Private Army
Probably pays better than the Russian army Gazprom, the Russian gas monopoly, will likely be granted permission by the Ru...
Probably pays better than the Russian army Gazprom, the Russian gas monopoly, will likely be granted permission by the Ru...
Estonia gets new US Ambassador
Stanley Davis Phillips sworn in On Monday, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice swore in the new American ambassador to E...
Stanley Davis Phillips sworn in On Monday, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice swore in the new American ambassador to E...
Wiesenthal Centre criticizes Estonia
Reluctance to prosecute or simply no evidence? The Simon Wiesenthal Centre claimed in its recently published report that ...
Reluctance to prosecute or simply no evidence? The Simon Wiesenthal Centre claimed in its recently published report that ...
Nr. 15/2007
A salute to Mayor Jüri Ratas
Savisaar to take Tallinn’s helm This week, the Tallinn city council elected Estonian Centre Party chairman Edgar Sa...
Savisaar to take Tallinn’s helm This week, the Tallinn city council elected Estonian Centre Party chairman Edgar Sa...
Stopping the Baltic Brain Drain
Lithuania’s solution Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus hopes the project "Stay in Lithuania" will encour...
Lithuania’s solution Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus hopes the project "Stay in Lithuania" will encour...
Estonian real estate oracles: 10% market growth in 2007
While doomsday scenarios are popular... Every Tom, Dick, and Harry has weighed in on the Estonian real estate market, and...
While doomsday scenarios are popular... Every Tom, Dick, and Harry has weighed in on the Estonian real estate market, and...
Couples queue for 07.07.07 weddings
No such line, presumably, for 06.06.06 A queue of 100 people formed Monday morning before the doors opened at Tallinn&rsq...
No such line, presumably, for 06.06.06 A queue of 100 people formed Monday morning before the doors opened at Tallinn&rsq...
Nr. 14/2007
Dear Amnesty International: Don't jump to conclusions
The devil may cite scripture for his purpose... Recent headlines in the region are trumpeting the fact that Russian-speak...
The devil may cite scripture for his purpose... Recent headlines in the region are trumpeting the fact that Russian-speak...
Ilves to parliament: Think for yourselves
Intelligent human beings or rubber stamp for political parties? As the newly-elected members of the Estonian parliament c...
Intelligent human beings or rubber stamp for political parties? As the newly-elected members of the Estonian parliament c...
Vilnius boasts top standard of living in Baltic
Tallinn and Riga trail neck in neck A Mercer Human Resource Consulting study determined that of 215 cities in the world, ...
Tallinn and Riga trail neck in neck A Mercer Human Resource Consulting study determined that of 215 cities in the world, ...
The Baltic timebomb
Dumped German wartime munitions German and Scandinavian experts are warning of an environmental catastrophe in the Baltic...
Dumped German wartime munitions German and Scandinavian experts are warning of an environmental catastrophe in the Baltic...
Nr. 13/2007
Tallinn to Helsinki: 45 €
Businessmen rejoice: This ain’t no boat. The Finnish aviation company Finncomm launched a Tallinn-Helsinki route th...
Businessmen rejoice: This ain’t no boat. The Finnish aviation company Finncomm launched a Tallinn-Helsinki route th...
UK pressures Estonia to join whaling commission
Though no whales ever caught in Estonia The UK embassy in Tallinn has been lobbying for Estonia to join the International...
Though no whales ever caught in Estonia The UK embassy in Tallinn has been lobbying for Estonia to join the International...
Not everything in Estonia overpriced
Estonia has lowest gasoline prices in EU Taking honors at the EU’s Highest Gasoline Prices Gala Celebration this ye...
Estonia has lowest gasoline prices in EU Taking honors at the EU’s Highest Gasoline Prices Gala Celebration this ye...
Best Vietnamese Food, Worst Mobile Phone Service
Join the discussion in our forum... Visit www.balticsworldwide.com/forum ...
Join the discussion in our forum... Visit www.balticsworldwide.com/forum ...
The Putinization of Estonia
On newsstands now! In City Paper’s April issue, Jüri Estam examines the Putinization of Estonia in his story, &...
On newsstands now! In City Paper’s April issue, Jüri Estam examines the Putinization of Estonia in his story, &...
Nr. 12/2007
Lithuania: Source of Britain's sex workers
This time, CNN reports it The topic of sex slaves trafficked from the Baltic to the west will not be a new one to regular...
This time, CNN reports it The topic of sex slaves trafficked from the Baltic to the west will not be a new one to regular...
Eesti Post to place job ads on stamps
Not to be outdone by the brewery... Estonia's state-owned postal company Eesti Post will issue a stamp that holds inv...
Not to be outdone by the brewery... Estonia's state-owned postal company Eesti Post will issue a stamp that holds inv...
Old Town Vilnius declared rabies zone
Beat up in Riga, but bitten in Vilnius: Will this boost Tallinn tourism? The Old Town in Vilnius has been declared a rabie...
Beat up in Riga, but bitten in Vilnius: Will this boost Tallinn tourism? The Old Town in Vilnius has been declared a rabie...
Studying overworked Estonians
A new kind of stress For the first time, the Estonian State Health Insurance Fund plans to survey the effect of overworkin...
A new kind of stress For the first time, the Estonian State Health Insurance Fund plans to survey the effect of overworkin...
The Swedish Invasion
This time they’re here to play poker Sweden’s tough gambling laws have forced 800 Swedish poker players to pl...
This time they’re here to play poker Sweden’s tough gambling laws have forced 800 Swedish poker players to pl...
Nr. 11/2007
Saku puts job ads on beer bottles
Proves necessity is mother of invention Estonia’s largest brewery Saku Õlletehas launched a hiring campaign ...
Proves necessity is mother of invention Estonia’s largest brewery Saku Õlletehas launched a hiring campaign ...
228 jobs open at Estonian prisons
Could Saku help? Estonian prisons have been suffering from chronic lack of prison guards for years. Currently, 749 guards ...
Could Saku help? Estonian prisons have been suffering from chronic lack of prison guards for years. Currently, 749 guards ...
Summer to fall on weekend this year
Meteorologists predict As the Sage of Viljandi, Roger Pulkrabek, once said: “I hope the Estonian summer falls on a...
Meteorologists predict As the Sage of Viljandi, Roger Pulkrabek, once said: “I hope the Estonian summer falls on a...
I'm from the government, and I'm here to help you
New Estonian government coalition promises lower taxes As the punch line to the American joke goes, “I’m from ...
New Estonian government coalition promises lower taxes As the punch line to the American joke goes, “I’m from ...
Bomb scare on Jõe Street
Combat Photographer Wirth on the case At the height of Monday’s rush hour in Tallinn, police partially halted traff...
Combat Photographer Wirth on the case At the height of Monday’s rush hour in Tallinn, police partially halted traff...
Nr. 10/2007
Reform Party's Narrow Victory
Ansip to remain in captain’s seat Estonia’s Reform Party won parliamentary elections with a two-seat victory ...
Ansip to remain in captain’s seat Estonia’s Reform Party won parliamentary elections with a two-seat victory ...
Hillar is Hiring
But you’re not allowed to stare at your shoes while talking. Hillar Lauri, chief of Near Shoring OÜ, is looking...
But you’re not allowed to stare at your shoes while talking. Hillar Lauri, chief of Near Shoring OÜ, is looking...
Ruhnu Plane Crash
Our correspondent almost aboard A Britten-Norman B-2 aircraft traveling from Pärnu crashed into a pine forest 200 m...
Our correspondent almost aboard A Britten-Norman B-2 aircraft traveling from Pärnu crashed into a pine forest 200 m...
Lithuania Torpedoes Baltic Partners
Or at least that’s how Estonia sees it. Last week Lithuania and Poland concluded an agreement, according to which a...
Or at least that’s how Estonia sees it. Last week Lithuania and Poland concluded an agreement, according to which a...
City Paper's Restaurant Awards
Your nominations wanted! “He was never more serious than when he was joking.” –said of Mr. Shaw &n...
Your nominations wanted! “He was never more serious than when he was joking.” –said of Mr. Shaw &n...
Nr. 9/2007
Ilves to Estonians: We're our own enemy
“Let us show we are not indifferent.” In a speech which ought to be copied and sent to apathetic non-voters a...
“Let us show we are not indifferent.” In a speech which ought to be copied and sent to apathetic non-voters a...
Vello Vikerkaar has the cure for boring conferences
Click on the conference icon at left. ...
Click on the conference icon at left. ...
Sunday Election forecasts: Centre Party
Certainly not what foreigners want to hear. The Estonian dailies, Eesti Päevaleht and Postimees, have published pol...
Certainly not what foreigners want to hear. The Estonian dailies, Eesti Päevaleht and Postimees, have published pol...
City Paper's Gastronomy Awards
The City Paper George Bernard Shaw Food for Thought Gastronomy Awards “He was never more serious than when he was j...
The City Paper George Bernard Shaw Food for Thought Gastronomy Awards “He was never more serious than when he was j...
Eurovision Lyrics Winners
Readers respond! Below are the winning entries of our City Paper Best Banal Eurovision Lyrics Contest. We thank all these ...
Readers respond! Below are the winning entries of our City Paper Best Banal Eurovision Lyrics Contest. We thank all these ...
Nr. 8/2007
Eurovision Lyrics Contest
City Paper gets in on the act. Since it’s the season for countries to choose their Eurovision songs and singers, Ci...
City Paper gets in on the act. Since it’s the season for countries to choose their Eurovision songs and singers, Ci...
The EU's deadliest roads
Latvia and Lithuania take honors. Eurostat, the European Commission's statistical office, has discovered an east-west...
Latvia and Lithuania take honors. Eurostat, the European Commission's statistical office, has discovered an east-west...
There's a new sheriff in town...
Birks elected Riga mayor. This week, the Riga City Council voted in Deputy Mayor Janis Birks (For Fatherland and Freedom/...
Birks elected Riga mayor. This week, the Riga City Council voted in Deputy Mayor Janis Birks (For Fatherland and Freedom/...
Crime Guide to Riga
Why didn’t Lonely Planet think of it first? The Riga City Council’s Security and Order Committee is supportin...
Why didn’t Lonely Planet think of it first? The Riga City Council’s Security and Order Committee is supportin...
10,000+ Estonians take SMS loans
Is such fast cash a good idea? According to Estonia’s credit information system, the number of small loan contracts...
Is such fast cash a good idea? According to Estonia’s credit information system, the number of small loan contracts...
Nr. 7/2007
Putin to world: I want my Baltic back (?)
Putting words in his mouth? Pundits are offering theories that Putin’s Munich speech reflects Russia’s desire...
Putting words in his mouth? Pundits are offering theories that Putin’s Munich speech reflects Russia’s desire...
Hoofin' for Eestimaa
Estonians abroad trip the light fantastic. For any readers located in the United States, Pillerkaar, Estonian Folk Dancer...
Estonians abroad trip the light fantastic. For any readers located in the United States, Pillerkaar, Estonian Folk Dancer...
And the political mud flies
Aren’t these things regulated? This week, political party advertising is out in force on television. In a Reform Pa...
Aren’t these things regulated? This week, political party advertising is out in force on television. In a Reform Pa...
Pärt's Da Pacem wins Grammy
Means “Give Peace”—nothing to do with Sexy Back. Renowned Estonian composer Arvo Pärt’s recor...
Means “Give Peace”—nothing to do with Sexy Back. Renowned Estonian composer Arvo Pärt’s recor...
Hesburger empire expands to Lithuania
Condolences to our Lithuanian friends. The Finnish fast food chain Hesburger has announced it will open three new restaur...
Condolences to our Lithuanian friends. The Finnish fast food chain Hesburger has announced it will open three new restaur...
Nr. 6/2007
Saaremaa: A bridge too far
But any chance of a chunnel? The Estonian economy and communications ministry announced that a bridge between the largest...
But any chance of a chunnel? The Estonian economy and communications ministry announced that a bridge between the largest...
The Radisson SAS Guaranteed Conference
We put it right, or you don’t pay. It will surprise no one that Radisson SAS has conference facilities to host 875...
We put it right, or you don’t pay. It will surprise no one that Radisson SAS has conference facilities to host 875...
Pink gets a Porsche
Can’t have others go “vuhh, vuhh” past him on the highway Oliver Kruuda, king of Estonia’s Kalev C...
Can’t have others go “vuhh, vuhh” past him on the highway Oliver Kruuda, king of Estonia’s Kalev C...
Estonia's Eurovision song: "Partners in Crime"
No, it’s not about the coming elections Last Saturday, Estonians chose their song to compete in this year’s E...
No, it’s not about the coming elections Last Saturday, Estonians chose their song to compete in this year’s E...
Coastal Swedes want cultural clout
So how many of them are there? The Coastal Swedes and their successors have elected a Culture Council to preserve the cul...
So how many of them are there? The Coastal Swedes and their successors have elected a Culture Council to preserve the cul...
Nr. 5/2007
More concessions to Russia?
Or more the devil citing scripture? The Estonian daily Postimees commissioned a poll from the company Emor during the eme...
Or more the devil citing scripture? The Estonian daily Postimees commissioned a poll from the company Emor during the eme...
England books entire Radisson
Seems to be the fashionable thing. Following the footsteps of George W. Bush, the English national football team has book...
Seems to be the fashionable thing. Following the footsteps of George W. Bush, the English national football team has book...
A little problem with math
Working when you’re dead... Tarmo Kriis, head of the Employer's Association, said that due to the demographic c...
Working when you’re dead... Tarmo Kriis, head of the Employer's Association, said that due to the demographic c...
Estonian speed skater to represent Latvia
Would the last to leave the country please turn out the lights? The local media recently announced that Estonian speed sk...
Would the last to leave the country please turn out the lights? The local media recently announced that Estonian speed sk...
Heated discussion: Riga's gentlemen's clubs
Beaten Englishmen and credit card fraud See the latest at http://www.balticsww.com/forum/ ...
Beaten Englishmen and credit card fraud See the latest at http://www.balticsww.com/forum/ ...
Nr. 4/2007
God Strikes Again
This time PM on board. Let no one ever tell you God doesn’t have a sense of humor. Monday afternoon, a catering car ...
This time PM on board. Let no one ever tell you God doesn’t have a sense of humor. Monday afternoon, a catering car ...
Burkardt says Reform Party demanded bribes
This soap opera brought to you by the Estonian Government. Edward Burkhardt, former owner of Estonian Railways, gave a te...
This soap opera brought to you by the Estonian Government. Edward Burkhardt, former owner of Estonian Railways, gave a te...
The Bronze Soldier soap opera
On a television near you. This week, Estonia’s parliament deliberates a draft law which would allow penal measures ...
On a television near you. This week, Estonia’s parliament deliberates a draft law which would allow penal measures ...
Name this painting
And win big! Well, you won’t win cash, but we’ll celebrate you on this website as an Art Guru Extraordinaire. ...
And win big! Well, you won’t win cash, but we’ll celebrate you on this website as an Art Guru Extraordinaire. ...
Medical strike averted
Bucks come through. Doctors and nurses managed to win a considerable increase in wages last week and discontinued plans fo...
Bucks come through. Doctors and nurses managed to win a considerable increase in wages last week and discontinued plans fo...
Nr. 3/2007
Anatomy of a John
Who uses Tallinn prostitutes? Finns may breathe a sigh of relief with the release of an Estonian Health Development Insti...
Who uses Tallinn prostitutes? Finns may breathe a sigh of relief with the release of an Estonian Health Development Insti...
Estonian Air upgrades fleet with a Boeing 737-300
Passengers, please now stop complaining. Those of you discussing the airline industry in our forum will be happy to know ...
Passengers, please now stop complaining. Those of you discussing the airline industry in our forum will be happy to know ...
Baltic states to create a joint infantry battalion
But will they end up fighting each other? Baltic defense ministers met last week in Lithuania to discuss their contributi...
But will they end up fighting each other? Baltic defense ministers met last week in Lithuania to discuss their contributi...
Love 'em or hate 'em, Tallink gets the job done
Is this the Estonian Nokia? Tallink Grupp transported 523,103 passengers in December 2006 which is 123.3% more than in De...
Is this the Estonian Nokia? Tallink Grupp transported 523,103 passengers in December 2006 which is 123.3% more than in De...
Druids rejoice
Forest misconceptions in Estonia. Nearly a half of Estonians head to the forest at least once a month but mistakenly beli...
Forest misconceptions in Estonia. Nearly a half of Estonians head to the forest at least once a month but mistakenly beli...
New & Improved!
The new City Paper now on newsstands. ...
The new City Paper now on newsstands. ...
Expats speak...
...on banks, airlines, mobile phone services. Visit www.balticsww.com/forum to see the scuttlebutt. ...
...on banks, airlines, mobile phone services. Visit www.balticsww.com/forum to see the scuttlebutt. ...
Nr. 2/2007
Votes For Sale
What Santa didn’t give you a politician will. The political party Isamaaliit (Fatherland Union) unveiled its campai...
What Santa didn’t give you a politician will. The political party Isamaaliit (Fatherland Union) unveiled its campai...
Russians invade Estonia
And they leave big tips. Hotel occupancy rates, full restaurants, and the predominance of the Russian language on the stre...
And they leave big tips. Hotel occupancy rates, full restaurants, and the predominance of the Russian language on the stre...
Feeling ill in Estonia?
Heal thyself before January 17th. Estonian healthcare workers say they will strike beginning January 17th, should their w...
Heal thyself before January 17th. Estonian healthcare workers say they will strike beginning January 17th, should their w...
Slippery Lithuanians
But where’d they get the vegetable oil? A Lithuanian held on suspicion of theft in an Arctic Norway jail slipped ou...
But where’d they get the vegetable oil? A Lithuanian held on suspicion of theft in an Arctic Norway jail slipped ou...
Hannibal, Lithuanian aristocrat
Hannibal the Cannibal that would be... The story goes like this: In the winter of 1944-1945, when Lecter was twelve, a gr...
Hannibal the Cannibal that would be... The story goes like this: In the winter of 1944-1945, when Lecter was twelve, a gr...
Nr. 1/2007
Liars' New Year
Ringing in the New Year with the newly rich In modern Tallinn, social status is conveyed by the car you drive. But this t...
Ringing in the New Year with the newly rich In modern Tallinn, social status is conveyed by the car you drive. But this t...
Christmas never ends at Audio City
In case you have some Christmas money left... The text is Finnish but the language is audio. And good prices need no tran...
In case you have some Christmas money left... The text is Finnish but the language is audio. And good prices need no tran...
Hijinks on the jinxed airline
What the heck is wrong with this once proud airline? Recently, Estonian Air delayed its three o’clock flight to Tal...
What the heck is wrong with this once proud airline? Recently, Estonian Air delayed its three o’clock flight to Tal...
Rolling Estonia
Fast Times on the Baltic Riviera Estonia is once again in the international press, this time in The New Republic, the hig...
Fast Times on the Baltic Riviera Estonia is once again in the international press, this time in The New Republic, the hig...
Tallink gives toasters for Christmas
What does crassness do to a stock price? With their own brand of holiday spirit, Tallink sent toasters to its suppliers a...
What does crassness do to a stock price? With their own brand of holiday spirit, Tallink sent toasters to its suppliers a...
Gentlemen's club scandals and Riga
Join our forum This week’s most popular topic is gentlemen’s clubs in Riga. Visit: www.balticsww.com/forum. ...
Join our forum This week’s most popular topic is gentlemen’s clubs in Riga. Visit: www.balticsww.com/forum. ...
Nr. 52/2006
Ilves: "No one in Europe thinks Estonians are Nazis"
Cautions to stay out of propaganda war with Russia Estonia’s President Toomas Hendrik Ilves said in an interview in...
Cautions to stay out of propaganda war with Russia Estonia’s President Toomas Hendrik Ilves said in an interview in...
Best prices on home audio!
Check out these speakers The text is Finnish but the language is audio. And good prices need no translation. http://www.a...
Check out these speakers The text is Finnish but the language is audio. And good prices need no translation. http://www.a...
Join our forums
Well, they’re really your forums Let us know your thoughts on everything from current events to restaurants. Visit: ...
Well, they’re really your forums Let us know your thoughts on everything from current events to restaurants. Visit: ...
Happy 107th Birthday, Mrs. Pärkson!
The oldest Estonian has seen three centuries Elisabet Pärkson, celebrated her 107th birthday on Friday, December 22....
The oldest Estonian has seen three centuries Elisabet Pärkson, celebrated her 107th birthday on Friday, December 22....
Nr. 51/2006
Hero or Citizen?
In Christmas time we call for more good citizens If you stop someone from stealing your neighbor’s bicycle, are you...
In Christmas time we call for more good citizens If you stop someone from stealing your neighbor’s bicycle, are you...
City Paper forums: Express yourself
You asked for it... So you found a cockroach on your plate in a Tallinn restaurant and the waiter mocked you for complaini...
You asked for it... So you found a cockroach on your plate in a Tallinn restaurant and the waiter mocked you for complaini...
Amaze your friends at parties
Useless yet entertaining automotive statistics Number of new passenger cars registered in Europe (November): 1,221,393 ...
Useless yet entertaining automotive statistics Number of new passenger cars registered in Europe (November): 1,221,393 ...
Japanese Emperor to Visit Estonia
Press hasn’t yet started complaining Japan’s Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko will officially visit to Est...
Press hasn’t yet started complaining Japan’s Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko will officially visit to Est...
How much Christmas is too much Christmas?
Estonians pile on too much debt? Estonian banks and department stores are reporting increases in the use of small loans a...
Estonians pile on too much debt? Estonian banks and department stores are reporting increases in the use of small loans a...
Nr. 50/2006
To Amnesty International: Blame the lazy worker, not the Estonian state.
Amnesty International claims discrimination in Estonia Amnesty International claimed last week that Estonia d...
Amnesty International claims discrimination in Estonia Amnesty International claimed last week that Estonia d...
Arsonist sets fire to City Paper editor's house
Editor doesn’t get paid enough to have enemies! We don’t usually use this space for editorials—you have ...
Editor doesn’t get paid enough to have enemies! We don’t usually use this space for editorials—you have ...
The richest minister
And why this is news SL Õhtuleht reports the business interests of the Minister of Economic Affairs and Communicati...
And why this is news SL Õhtuleht reports the business interests of the Minister of Economic Affairs and Communicati...
Tallink's downward spiral
Cursed with the luck of Estonian Air? This week, Tallink seems cursed by more than a low stock price. A poll by the Finni...
Cursed with the luck of Estonian Air? This week, Tallink seems cursed by more than a low stock price. A poll by the Finni...
Political party buys media properties
Imagine the GOP buying up newspapers The foundation which publishes Estonia’s Centre Party’s weekly newspaper...
Imagine the GOP buying up newspapers The foundation which publishes Estonia’s Centre Party’s weekly newspaper...
Nr. 49/2006
Does God hate Estonian Air?
Is it bad luck or bad management? An Estonian Air plane collided with a tow car pulling another aircraft last week at Tal...
Is it bad luck or bad management? An Estonian Air plane collided with a tow car pulling another aircraft last week at Tal...
A Taste of Estonia
Give Estonia. The Taste of Estonia gift box features a sampling of the very best Estonian food products, inclu...
Give Estonia. The Taste of Estonia gift box features a sampling of the very best Estonian food products, inclu...
Doctors to strike?
This time the threat is from Estonia The Estonian Medical Association has decided that unless the state begins funding th...
This time the threat is from Estonia The Estonian Medical Association has decided that unless the state begins funding th...
Soothsayer: Estonian economy overheated
Helenius says Estonians too laden with debt Investment banker Joakim Helenius told the Estonian daily, Äripäev, ...
Helenius says Estonians too laden with debt Investment banker Joakim Helenius told the Estonian daily, Äripäev, ...
U.S. Ambassador Wos to depart Estonia
Stanley Davis Phillips in her stead This week, U.S. Ambassador Aldona Wos announced her plans to return to the United Sta...
Stanley Davis Phillips in her stead This week, U.S. Ambassador Aldona Wos announced her plans to return to the United Sta...
Nr. 48/2006
Estonian media grumble about Bush's visit
Western media, though, give a positive spin For most of the week preceding Bush’s visit, the Estonian media grumble...
Western media, though, give a positive spin For most of the week preceding Bush’s visit, the Estonian media grumble...
Beer Review: A. le Coq Stout
The mother of all disappointments I love dark beer. And I love beer made by A. le Coq, that underdog brewery deep in the ...
The mother of all disappointments I love dark beer. And I love beer made by A. le Coq, that underdog brewery deep in the ...
Hate-mail from Finland
Can you spell I-R-O-N-Y? Last week’s story titled ”Tallink’s Slave Ship: a Defense” generated loa...
Can you spell I-R-O-N-Y? Last week’s story titled ”Tallink’s Slave Ship: a Defense” generated loa...
American media spin quite positive
No coverage of Bush’s forgotten gift Despite lukewarm and indifferent local media coverage, Bush’s visit cert...
No coverage of Bush’s forgotten gift Despite lukewarm and indifferent local media coverage, Bush’s visit cert...
Estonians break American record
Nobody grumbling about that A world-record group of Estonian mountaineers reached the peak of Kilimanjaro last Sunday mor...
Nobody grumbling about that A world-record group of Estonian mountaineers reached the peak of Kilimanjaro last Sunday mor...
Nr. 47/2006
Tallink's Slave Ship: a Defense
Let he who is without sin... Recently, both foreign and local press have come down hard on Tallink’s management for...
Let he who is without sin... Recently, both foreign and local press have come down hard on Tallink’s management for...
Baltic Roads Stink
So what’s the solution? Long term, we need better government. Short term, you need better tires. Have your winter t...
So what’s the solution? Long term, we need better government. Short term, you need better tires. Have your winter t...
Lurky the Turkey
One more cheap shot at the Baltics? Click on this link below for the Baltics’ latest appearance in the internationa...
One more cheap shot at the Baltics? Click on this link below for the Baltics’ latest appearance in the internationa...
Protesting Bush's Visit
Is it really anarchy if the anarchists are organized? At least five protest demonstrations are planned during the visit o...
Is it really anarchy if the anarchists are organized? At least five protest demonstrations are planned during the visit o...
Six days to cross the Estonia-Russia border?
What is that odor coming from Narva? Truck queues at the Russia-Estonia border of Narva are again a problem, the line str...
What is that odor coming from Narva? Truck queues at the Russia-Estonia border of Narva are again a problem, the line str...
Nr. 46/2006
Russian Radical Gets… Radical
Talk about over-reacting. Liberal Democratic Party leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky, referred to by the BBC as “the sing...
Talk about over-reacting. Liberal Democratic Party leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky, referred to by the BBC as “the sing...
Great tires, great prices
Safe tires for Northern roads Need winter tires? (Law says you gotta have ‘em.) Tire repair? (Drive over that dropp...
Safe tires for Northern roads Need winter tires? (Law says you gotta have ‘em.) Tire repair? (Drive over that dropp...
Finns Help Out with Anti-Fur Protest
And we thought they just came for the cheap beer. Last Saturday, an Estonian group called In the Name of Animals collabor...
And we thought they just came for the cheap beer. Last Saturday, an Estonian group called In the Name of Animals collabor...
The Baltics' Most Attractive Employers
Now we want to know: boxers or briefs? Fastleader.com, an organization that “explores, analyses and presents how sm...
Now we want to know: boxers or briefs? Fastleader.com, an organization that “explores, analyses and presents how sm...
Estonians and Latvians Among Europe's Slimmest
Must be all that dill. A European Commission study found that the average European is overweight. Malta and Greece have ...
Must be all that dill. A European Commission study found that the average European is overweight. Malta and Greece have ...
Estonia in the NATO Spotlight
Somebody call security! NATO and Estonian company Viking Security AS have signed a preliminary supply contract, making Vi...
Somebody call security! NATO and Estonian company Viking Security AS have signed a preliminary supply contract, making Vi...
Nr. 45/2006
Let an Estonian parliamentarian take you to lunch
This year’s campaign spending makes it possible This year’s elections will be the most expensive in Estonia&r...
This year’s campaign spending makes it possible This year’s elections will be the most expensive in Estonia&r...
Got your winter tires?
It's the law, you know? Need new tires? Or tire repair? Which are the right tires for your car? Are studded tires really ...
It's the law, you know? Need new tires? Or tire repair? Which are the right tires for your car? Are studded tires really ...
Finland least corrupt nation
Baltic states, eh, well, not so good Transparency International has once again published its Corruption Perception Index ...
Baltic states, eh, well, not so good Transparency International has once again published its Corruption Perception Index ...
Ambassador gets her purse back?
And finally a purse snatcher is caught Don’t go stealing purses in Tallinn, unless you want to spend some time in t...
And finally a purse snatcher is caught Don’t go stealing purses in Tallinn, unless you want to spend some time in t...
Latvian wins NY Marathon
Two times in a row Latvia's Jelena Prokopcuka won the New York Marathon for a second consecutive time last week: 2 hou...
Two times in a row Latvia's Jelena Prokopcuka won the New York Marathon for a second consecutive time last week: 2 hou...
Deadbeat foreigners?
Foreign Business Gods cut down a notch Estonian debt collection companies are finding that their work involves more and m...
Foreign Business Gods cut down a notch Estonian debt collection companies are finding that their work involves more and m...
Nr. 44/2006
McDonald's Estonian speakers under fire
The Language Cops want them to learn it better The Estonian Language Inspectorate recently inspected 518 sales clerks and...
The Language Cops want them to learn it better The Estonian Language Inspectorate recently inspected 518 sales clerks and...
Draft Dodgers
Estonia’s difficulty getting soldiers Estonian military conscripts will receive 2,000-4,000 kroons per month (128-2...
Estonia’s difficulty getting soldiers Estonian military conscripts will receive 2,000-4,000 kroons per month (128-2...
Where were Bruce, Arnold, and Sly?
Or any other Baltic superhero? The Finnish fishing ship Borka sank last week, 35 kilometers off the coast of Estonia&rsquo...
Or any other Baltic superhero? The Finnish fishing ship Borka sank last week, 35 kilometers off the coast of Estonia&rsquo...
Estonia's love affair with pharmacies
And only one of them open all night? The count is in, and Estonia, with one pharmacy for every 2,500 people, has the larg...
And only one of them open all night? The count is in, and Estonia, with one pharmacy for every 2,500 people, has the larg...
Finn wants "Peipsi Kola" trademark. Pepsi says No.
You thought Pepsi was dead? They still have one lawyer. PepsiCo Incorporated has disputed the registration of the t...
You thought Pepsi was dead? They still have one lawyer. PepsiCo Incorporated has disputed the registration of the t...
Nr. 43/2006
Finnair strikes over plans to hire Estonians
Estonians not terribly sympathetic Finnair’s flight attendants struck late last week over management’s plans ...
Estonians not terribly sympathetic Finnair’s flight attendants struck late last week over management’s plans ...
Where does Her Majesty stay?
Three Sisters of course Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip spent the night at Tallinn's Three Sisters Hotel in Old ...
Three Sisters of course Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip spent the night at Tallinn's Three Sisters Hotel in Old ...
Fewer casinos in Estonia
What does “interministerial concordance” mean? A new Estonian gambling law has been sent for “interminis...
What does “interministerial concordance” mean? A new Estonian gambling law has been sent for “interminis...
Tallink to dismiss 128 employees in Finland
Finns suffer again at the hands of cheap Estonian labor Tallink will merge the shore operations of Tallink and Superfast ...
Finns suffer again at the hands of cheap Estonian labor Tallink will merge the shore operations of Tallink and Superfast ...
Estonia in the world news
Oh, that Baltic party image In her October 18th Op-Ed piece, “In Vodka Non Veritas,” New York Times’ co...
Oh, that Baltic party image In her October 18th Op-Ed piece, “In Vodka Non Veritas,” New York Times’ co...
Nr. 42/2006
Estonian state gets James Bond car
Really needed? Or a wasteful EU regulation? The first ever bullet-proof car acquired by the Estonian state, a BMW 745Li H...
Really needed? Or a wasteful EU regulation? The first ever bullet-proof car acquired by the Estonian state, a BMW 745Li H...
Estonia's straw-bale house nears completion
Designer swamped with tour requests Estonia’s first straw-bale house, built seaside in the Pirita suburb, is near...
Designer swamped with tour requests Estonia’s first straw-bale house, built seaside in the Pirita suburb, is near...
Her Majesty Arrives
And says something touching Her Majesty, the Queen of Great Britain, is visiting the Baltic this week. Her first stop was...
And says something touching Her Majesty, the Queen of Great Britain, is visiting the Baltic this week. Her first stop was...
Arvo Pärt dedicates concerts to slain journalist
“...what horrible crimes are committed in Russia.” The Estonian composer Arvo Pärt announced Monday that ...
“...what horrible crimes are committed in Russia.” The Estonian composer Arvo Pärt announced Monday that ...
Estonian labor shortage hits government monopoly
Will an exception from policy be made? The Estonian state-owned energy company Eesti Energia is suffering from a labor sh...
Will an exception from policy be made? The Estonian state-owned energy company Eesti Energia is suffering from a labor sh...
City Paper misspells "Tallinn" for second week straight
Who can we blame? For the second week straight, we've been spelling it either "Tallin" or "Tallinna.&quo...
Who can we blame? For the second week straight, we've been spelling it either "Tallin" or "Tallinna.&quo...
Nr. 41/2006
Your car stolen in Tallinn?
The thieves will sell it back to you One might think the number of stolen cars in Tallinn would decrease as the nation gets...
The thieves will sell it back to you One might think the number of stolen cars in Tallinn would decrease as the nation gets...
Boring company Christmas party?
East Express saves the day Tired of watching Pekka drink too much at your company Christmas party? Try Estonia, instead, w...
East Express saves the day Tired of watching Pekka drink too much at your company Christmas party? Try Estonia, instead, w...
Ilves' vision for Estonia
...as if occupation never existed. “Today, fifteen years after the restoration of independence, I dare to articulat...
...as if occupation never existed. “Today, fifteen years after the restoration of independence, I dare to articulat...
Estonia condemns North Korean nuclear tests
Says nothing about Kim Jong Il’s golf scores This week, Estonia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs joined other na...
Says nothing about Kim Jong Il’s golf scores This week, Estonia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs joined other na...
Another journalist shot in Russia
“...a blow to the democratic process” Russian journalist and author Anna Politkovskaya, a searing critic of t...
“...a blow to the democratic process” Russian journalist and author Anna Politkovskaya, a searing critic of t...
Estonia in Time Magazine
Once more in the international press... Estonians won’t find much news here, but the Time article is ideal to bring ...
Once more in the international press... Estonians won’t find much news here, but the Time article is ideal to bring ...
Yes, we can spell "Tallinn"
No, we’re not complete idiots So let us hope we can get one more “N” in “Tallin” before next...
No, we’re not complete idiots So let us hope we can get one more “N” in “Tallin” before next...
Nr. 40/2006
Poison tanker still in Estonian harbor
The “best thing since Skype”? In what could have been a National Geographic TV-adventure, Estonian authorities too...
The “best thing since Skype”? In what could have been a National Geographic TV-adventure, Estonian authorities too...
Spanish Food, Soviet Service
Lunchtime at Buen Provecho Tapas dining is a refreshing change from the endless parade of Tallinn restaurants serving overcooke...
Lunchtime at Buen Provecho Tapas dining is a refreshing change from the endless parade of Tallinn restaurants serving overcooke...
Lithuanians 18th in World Plowing Contest
Estonians and Latvians stay home, turn attention to Miss World pageant At the 53rd annual World Plowing Contest in Ireland, Lit...
Estonians and Latvians stay home, turn attention to Miss World pageant At the 53rd annual World Plowing Contest in Ireland, Lit...
Police to end manned guarding of Bronze Soldier
“Soldier-liberator” to get security camera The manned guarding of the Bronze Soldier Soviet monument in central Tal...
“Soldier-liberator” to get security camera The manned guarding of the Bronze Soldier Soviet monument in central Tal...
Viagra market share slips in Estonia
Overall potency market booms Over the past five years, the consumption of potency drugs has increased three-fold in Estonia. &...
Overall potency market booms Over the past five years, the consumption of potency drugs has increased three-fold in Estonia. &...
Nr. 39/2006
Ilves elected: A national sigh of relief
A dynamic leader for a dynamic country With the election of Toomas Hendrik Ilves, the nation of Estonia breathed a...
A dynamic leader for a dynamic country With the election of Toomas Hendrik Ilves, the nation of Estonia breathed a...
When massage means massage
Battling the brothel perception When ThaiHand opened its door two weeks ago, management never dreamed it would encounter cl...
Battling the brothel perception When ThaiHand opened its door two weeks ago, management never dreamed it would encounter cl...
60,000 Estonians gone to work abroad
Government fills their shoes with 600 Estonia’s labor debate wages on, with Tarmo Kriisi, director of Estonia’s em...
Government fills their shoes with 600 Estonia’s labor debate wages on, with Tarmo Kriisi, director of Estonia’s em...
The Third Coming
Laar to again be PM? Yesterday, two-time former Prime Minister Mart Laar agreed to stand for Estonia’s prime minister&rsq...
Laar to again be PM? Yesterday, two-time former Prime Minister Mart Laar agreed to stand for Estonia’s prime minister&rsq...
Homeless football
Uganda over Estonia, 9:3 “They played like young gods,” exclaimed the Estonian homeless football team’s websi...
Uganda over Estonia, 9:3 “They played like young gods,” exclaimed the Estonian homeless football team’s websi...
Biography of an Estonian
Who is Toomas Hendrik Ilves? Toomas Hendrik Ilves was born on December 26th, 1953 in Stockholm, Sweden. He holds a bachelor&rs...
Who is Toomas Hendrik Ilves? Toomas Hendrik Ilves was born on December 26th, 1953 in Stockholm, Sweden. He holds a bachelor&rs...
Nr. 38/2006
The Economist pans Rüütel
Does anybody outside Estonia support his candidacy? Oliver Wendell Holmes once wrote: “Why can’t somebody g...
Does anybody outside Estonia support his candidacy? Oliver Wendell Holmes once wrote: “Why can’t somebody g...
Presidential candidates trade insults
And Ilves carries the day The Centre Party’s chairman Edgar Savisaar said Tuesday in a TV broadcast that if Toomas Hendr...
And Ilves carries the day The Centre Party’s chairman Edgar Savisaar said Tuesday in a TV broadcast that if Toomas Hendr...
Black and White?
How to tell the good guys from the bad guys? Last week, the Estonian business daily Äripäev published the results of...
How to tell the good guys from the bad guys? Last week, the Estonian business daily Äripäev published the results of...
Before the top comes the middle
Centre Party pushes for bigger salaries Election time means time for big promises, and Estonia’s Centre Party led by Edgar ...
Centre Party pushes for bigger salaries Election time means time for big promises, and Estonia’s Centre Party led by Edgar ...
Employees wanted: and it's okay if you can't remember our company name
Is Falck after the brightest workers? Read the translated text of their Russian-language radio advertisement and decide for yours...
Is Falck after the brightest workers? Read the translated text of their Russian-language radio advertisement and decide for yours...
Nr. 37/2006
Dutch speeders in Estonian jail
This time, the idiot drivers are imported. Two Dutchmen, participants in The Challenge 2006, an auto race from Holland thr...
This time, the idiot drivers are imported. Two Dutchmen, participants in The Challenge 2006, an auto race from Holland thr...
President Rüütel says Estonia shouldn't change
But claims new tax plan needed? The presidential candidate of People’s Union and Centre Parties, current presiden...
But claims new tax plan needed? The presidential candidate of People’s Union and Centre Parties, current presiden...
City of Riga becoming more tourism minded?
One small step... The Latvian Association of Hotels and Restaurants, the organization Inspiration Riga, and the Association of L...
One small step... The Latvian Association of Hotels and Restaurants, the organization Inspiration Riga, and the Association of L...
Selling mushroom-hunting travel packages
The things competition will do to hotels. Given competition, Baltic hotels have had to come up with new ideas to win over tou...
The things competition will do to hotels. Given competition, Baltic hotels have had to come up with new ideas to win over tou...
Estonia gets 715 million euros to develop rural life
Mushroom-hunting probably doesn’t qualify. The European Commission has earmarked 715 million euros for the development of r...
Mushroom-hunting probably doesn’t qualify. The European Commission has earmarked 715 million euros for the development of r...
Nr. 35/2006
Matti Vanhanen visits Estonia
Finland’s PM meets government Finland’s Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen had a one-day visit in Tallinn with Eston...
Finland’s PM meets government Finland’s Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen had a one-day visit in Tallinn with Eston...
USA goes hi-tech: visa applications via internet
And the eternal question: How long until Estonians can travel visa-free? In a few months, applying for a United States visa wi...
And the eternal question: How long until Estonians can travel visa-free? In a few months, applying for a United States visa wi...
Will Putin visit Estonia?
He’s always wanted to see Vembu Tembu Land Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesperson said the Russian head of s...
He’s always wanted to see Vembu Tembu Land Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesperson said the Russian head of s...
Lithuania's lady leaders
An EU leader in female leadership Lithuania is one of the leading countries in the European Union if ranked by the number of wome...
An EU leader in female leadership Lithuania is one of the leading countries in the European Union if ranked by the number of wome...
Chili: the antidote to Estonian food
Chilifest 2006 announces winners Foreigners often scoff at what passes as chili in the Baltic. It’s never spicy enough f...
Chilifest 2006 announces winners Foreigners often scoff at what passes as chili in the Baltic. It’s never spicy enough f...
Nr. 34/2006
Only 15% of Estonian school teachers are male
Small wonder: men can earn 3-4 times more as construction workers. When school convenes in the autumn, men will comprise on...
Small wonder: men can earn 3-4 times more as construction workers. When school convenes in the autumn, men will comprise on...
Estonia gets foreign workers from Ukraine
This time it only took the government nine months. Workers entering Estonia from countries outside the EU has decreased somewhat ...
This time it only took the government nine months. Workers entering Estonia from countries outside the EU has decreased somewhat ...
Adamkus disappoints basketball fans.
Douglas will not get citizenship just so she can play basketball. Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus decided not to grant Lithua...
Douglas will not get citizenship just so she can play basketball. Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus decided not to grant Lithua...
Are Lithuanians computer illiterate?
Survey shows most Lithuanians can use only main functions of computers. A survey commissioned by IBM in Lithuania has concluded t...
Survey shows most Lithuanians can use only main functions of computers. A survey commissioned by IBM in Lithuania has concluded t...
Record sunflower in Siauliai
They may not know computers, but Lithuanians know sunflowers. Zita Skestoniene’s sunflowers are twice as tall as she is. &l...
They may not know computers, but Lithuanians know sunflowers. Zita Skestoniene’s sunflowers are twice as tall as she is. &l...
Nr. 33/2006
Tallinn's Gay Parade
Sticks and stones may break my bones... Last week in Tallinn’s gay pride parade, eggs and rocks were thrown at pa...
Sticks and stones may break my bones... Last week in Tallinn’s gay pride parade, eggs and rocks were thrown at pa...
Tallinn to increase fines for permit-less construction?
You don’t need permission, if you’re willing to pay a 600 euro fine! It’s a running joke in Tallinn: You can ...
You don’t need permission, if you’re willing to pay a 600 euro fine! It’s a running joke in Tallinn: You can ...
Twelve vie for Estonian Post CEO job
Could they be after the big lunch budget? Twelve people are running for the position of the CEO of Estonia’s postal comp...
Could they be after the big lunch budget? Twelve people are running for the position of the CEO of Estonia’s postal comp...
Where do Latvian prison escapees flee?
To Lithuania and Poland, of course. Border guards at the Lazdijai border crossing arrested four suspects who were trying to illeg...
To Lithuania and Poland, of course. Border guards at the Lazdijai border crossing arrested four suspects who were trying to illeg...
New US ambassador arrives in Lithuania
Welcome to Vilnius, Ambassador Cloud. Former US Ambassador Stephen D. Mull has been replaced by John A. Cloud, who will present...
Welcome to Vilnius, Ambassador Cloud. Former US Ambassador Stephen D. Mull has been replaced by John A. Cloud, who will present...
Nr. 32/2006
Falck nails 27,881 ticketless riders
Poor Tatyana caught 26 times Falck Tallinn city transport workers caught 27,881 people riding without tickets in the first ...
Poor Tatyana caught 26 times Falck Tallinn city transport workers caught 27,881 people riding without tickets in the first ...
Table-mania hits the Baltics
This week, Estonia is “freest nation” in world In what seems a giant orgy of foundations, the Heritage Foundation,...
This week, Estonia is “freest nation” in world In what seems a giant orgy of foundations, the Heritage Foundation,...
Lithuanian PM greeted by Bush
Bush can be your pen pal, too. This week, local press reported that Prime Minister Gediminas Kirkilas received a letter from Geo...
Bush can be your pen pal, too. This week, local press reported that Prime Minister Gediminas Kirkilas received a letter from Geo...
Queen Elizabeth II's Baltic itinerary
Plan your travel around Her Majesty’s visit Buckingham Palace has announced Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh...
Plan your travel around Her Majesty’s visit Buckingham Palace has announced Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh...
easyJet plane lands in Riga instead of Tallinn
Is it the plane or the navigator? Baltic Standby News reported that last week, an easyJet flight out of Berlin with the schedul...
Is it the plane or the navigator? Baltic Standby News reported that last week, an easyJet flight out of Berlin with the schedul...
Nr. 31/2006
Estonians relatively happy, but miserable on a world-scale.
The World Map of Happiness explains it all. The World Map of Happiness compiled by Great Britain’s Leice...
The World Map of Happiness explains it all. The World Map of Happiness compiled by Great Britain’s Leice...
Baltic Outsourcing FORUM 2006
A Business Networking Conference on IT Outsourcing to the Baltic States Keynote speakers: Mart Laar, Estonia’s former...
A Business Networking Conference on IT Outsourcing to the Baltic States Keynote speakers: Mart Laar, Estonia’s former...
New EU citizen's law takes force
A good thing? Or the same amount of paperwork as before? This week, the law of EU citizens comes to Estonia, making it theoret...
A good thing? Or the same amount of paperwork as before? This week, the law of EU citizens comes to Estonia, making it theoret...
Clinton versus McCain
Did the 2008 presidential hopefuls meet on the Estonian battlefield in 2004? According to a recent Associated Press article, A...
Did the 2008 presidential hopefuls meet on the Estonian battlefield in 2004? According to a recent Associated Press article, A...
Nordea Bank expands in Estonia
Every bar to have a bank? In the next few months, Nordea Bank will open seven new branch offices in Estonia.City Paper salutes...
Every bar to have a bank? In the next few months, Nordea Bank will open seven new branch offices in Estonia.City Paper salutes...
Estonia forms diplomatic relations with Cameroon
From the Are-they-really-serious? Department Estonia’s Ambassador to Belgium, Malle Talvet, and Cameroon’s Ambassador...
From the Are-they-really-serious? Department Estonia’s Ambassador to Belgium, Malle Talvet, and Cameroon’s Ambassador...
Air carrier scorecard
How’d your airline fare in the Estonian market? These facts from a recent Äripäev article: Estonian Air &nda...
How’d your airline fare in the Estonian market? These facts from a recent Äripäev article: Estonian Air &nda...
Nr. 26/2006
Estonian minister supports citizenship for Russian millionaire
Will 150 million buy you citizenship? Estonian population minister Paul-Eerik Rummo has requested Estonian citizenship for 32-...
Will 150 million buy you citizenship? Estonian population minister Paul-Eerik Rummo has requested Estonian citizenship for 32-...
Taxi driver mows down minister
Drivers so discourteous, even Defense Minister can’t get a break Bicycling Estonian Defense Minister Jürgen Ligi suf...
Drivers so discourteous, even Defense Minister can’t get a break Bicycling Estonian Defense Minister Jürgen Ligi suf...
Bus drivers threaten strike
Ah, let ‘em strike. Bring in some immigrant professionals. The AS GoBus company public transport bus drivers in Tartu an...
Ah, let ‘em strike. Bring in some immigrant professionals. The AS GoBus company public transport bus drivers in Tartu an...
Bronze Soldier study is in
Result: little you didn’t already know A study commissioned to determine who and how many may be buried under the Bronze ...
Result: little you didn’t already know A study commissioned to determine who and how many may be buried under the Bronze ...
Government by polling?
State to include people’s opinions in state matters The portal of civic initiative TOM—Täna Otsustan Mina (&ld...
State to include people’s opinions in state matters The portal of civic initiative TOM—Täna Otsustan Mina (&ld...
Nr. 25/2006
Lada dealership closes shop
"...no new models for years." It used to be said that if you drove a Lada, you would have to turn your bathroom into...
"...no new models for years." It used to be said that if you drove a Lada, you would have to turn your bathroom into...
Turku to share Euro Culture Capital title with Tallinn
Tallinn should resign the title. Give it to Tartu. Finnish culture minister Tanja Saarela named Turkku as the official candidat...
Tallinn should resign the title. Give it to Tartu. Finnish culture minister Tanja Saarela named Turkku as the official candidat...
Estonian line dancers set a Guinness record
But nobody knows how many dancers Estonian line dancers posted a Guinness record Sunday in the Audru parish in Pärnu Count...
But nobody knows how many dancers Estonian line dancers posted a Guinness record Sunday in the Audru parish in Pärnu Count...
VP Cheney's thank-you letter makes Lithuanian national news
He really liked the cepelinai President Valdas Adamkus received a letter from Vice President of the United States, Richard Chen...
He really liked the cepelinai President Valdas Adamkus received a letter from Vice President of the United States, Richard Chen...
Baltic bishops to meet the pope
An ad limina visit to Vatican Nine Lithuanian bishops, four Latvian bishops, and one Estonian apostolic administrator will be r...
An ad limina visit to Vatican Nine Lithuanian bishops, four Latvian bishops, and one Estonian apostolic administrator will be r...
Nr. 24/2006
Al Jazeera wants to broadcast in Baltic
But Comedy Channel may win the day Qatar's Al Jazeera channel wants to broadcast its programs in the Baltic states and est...
But Comedy Channel may win the day Qatar's Al Jazeera channel wants to broadcast its programs in the Baltic states and est...
PM Ansip advocates removing Bronze Soldier
And any possible graves beneath it Estonian Prime Minister Andrus Ansip told parliament on Monday that the Bronze Soldier monu...
And any possible graves beneath it Estonian Prime Minister Andrus Ansip told parliament on Monday that the Bronze Soldier monu...
Tallink buys Silja Line for over 447 million euros
Tallink now the King of the Baltic Estonia’s largest passenger shipping company AS Tallink Grupp has agreed to purchase S...
Tallink now the King of the Baltic Estonia’s largest passenger shipping company AS Tallink Grupp has agreed to purchase S...
President Rüütel to stand for re-election
If City Paper endorses someone else, would it make a difference? The incumbent Estonian President Arnold Rüütel annou...
If City Paper endorses someone else, would it make a difference? The incumbent Estonian President Arnold Rüütel annou...
Kalev to produce Slavic cheese
It’s about time Estonia got a decent cheese Kalev, the well-known Estonian chocolate company, will partner with a Russian...
It’s about time Estonia got a decent cheese Kalev, the well-known Estonian chocolate company, will partner with a Russian...
Nr. 23/2006
Tallink to Estonian PM: Help us with Finns
Union fights for worker rights or industry domination? Finnish trade unions are demanding that stewardesses and maids aboard T...
Union fights for worker rights or industry domination? Finnish trade unions are demanding that stewardesses and maids aboard T...
FM Paet: We care about who invests in Estonia
Estonia’s hottest topic that concerns businessmen Though his words may not be believed by all in the region, Estonia&rsqu...
Estonia’s hottest topic that concerns businessmen Though his words may not be believed by all in the region, Estonia&rsqu...
Confidence in Estonian presidency at five-year low
Poll junkies take note: Rüütel may bomb, but Ansip saves the day The support for the institution of the President has...
Poll junkies take note: Rüütel may bomb, but Ansip saves the day The support for the institution of the President has...
Kalev tops in image game
But it’s the banking sector to watch A Emor survey concerning the reputation of Estonian enterprises says these have the ...
But it’s the banking sector to watch A Emor survey concerning the reputation of Estonian enterprises says these have the ...
Balts line up for MTV VJ job
Get your applications in now! 1,744 Estonians, more than 2,000 Latvians, and more than 3,000 Lithuanians have applied for the B...
Get your applications in now! 1,744 Estonians, more than 2,000 Latvians, and more than 3,000 Lithuanians have applied for the B...
Nr. 22/2006
A labor problem in Estonia?
Minister Rummo needs to get out more. Skype’s Estonian manager, Sten Tamkivi, says when Estonia’s immigration depa...
Minister Rummo needs to get out more. Skype’s Estonian manager, Sten Tamkivi, says when Estonia’s immigration depa...
City Paper has moved!
Our new address is Mere pst 20, 10111 Tallinn, Estonia Our phone and fax numbers have remained the same: phone +372 6...
Our new address is Mere pst 20, 10111 Tallinn, Estonia Our phone and fax numbers have remained the same: phone +372 6...
Concordia kingpins get "conditional" jail sentences
Susi family won’t go to the big house if they can behave The North Estonian Harju county court approved an agreement ...
Susi family won’t go to the big house if they can behave The North Estonian Harju county court approved an agreement ...
Estonian construction booms
But when will we regret this kind of “quality”? Total production of Estonian construction enterprises in Estonia a...
But when will we regret this kind of “quality”? Total production of Estonian construction enterprises in Estonia a...
Estonian police confiscate 450 grams of "White Chinese"?
Fun to say, but what is it? It used to be said you could freely smoke marijuana on Tallinn streets, because the police had no ...
Fun to say, but what is it? It used to be said you could freely smoke marijuana on Tallinn streets, because the police had no ...
Pickpockets less active in Tallinn
Safe now to dress in ermine and pearls? Versus the year prior, the number of pickpockets and robberies have decreased in Tallin...
Safe now to dress in ermine and pearls? Versus the year prior, the number of pickpockets and robberies have decreased in Tallin...
Nr. 21/2006
The true story behind Queen Beatrix's hat
#PIC74# Really made from feathers sucked through NATO-jet engines? Latvian President Vaira Vike-Freiberga expre...
#PIC74# Really made from feathers sucked through NATO-jet engines? Latvian President Vaira Vike-Freiberga expre...
Ilves favored for Estonia's presidency
Could he be the child of Meri and Rüütel? If the electoral assembly convened today to elect the next Estonian preside...
Could he be the child of Meri and Rüütel? If the electoral assembly convened today to elect the next Estonian preside...
Skype's creators buy another Estonian tech firm
Country soon to be re-named “Skype” Ambient Sound Investments, a company belonging to the Estonian Skype founder, b...
Country soon to be re-named “Skype” Ambient Sound Investments, a company belonging to the Estonian Skype founder, b...
Russia: Balts violate minority rights. Balts: Russia full of B.S.
Another day, another tiresome accusation. The Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation at the European Communities Vl...
Another day, another tiresome accusation. The Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation at the European Communities Vl...
Finland conquers Eurovision
Hats off to Lordi, the only real band of the bunch. Finland, after years of finishing behind cadres of no-talent, saccharin Eur...
Hats off to Lordi, the only real band of the bunch. Finland, after years of finishing behind cadres of no-talent, saccharin Eur...
Nr. 20/2006
If Meri and Rüütel could have a child...
Estonia would have the perfect president Estonians want a president as “wise and educated” as Lennart Meri and as ...
Estonia would have the perfect president Estonians want a president as “wise and educated” as Lennart Meri and as ...
City Paper Parking Awards
For Neanderthal drivers Do your part to make the Baltic more civilized: give the gift of a traffic culture. We urge you to prin...
For Neanderthal drivers Do your part to make the Baltic more civilized: give the gift of a traffic culture. We urge you to prin...
Estonian state pursues criminal assets
Deputy Chancellor quotes Batman The Estonian justice ministry has introduced legislation to ease the seizure of illegally acqui...
Deputy Chancellor quotes Batman The Estonian justice ministry has introduced legislation to ease the seizure of illegally acqui...
Victim organizations demand Estonia investigation
Call for abolition of grave peace Estonian and Swedish victim organizations connected to the M/S Estonia tragedy have sent lett...
Call for abolition of grave peace Estonian and Swedish victim organizations connected to the M/S Estonia tragedy have sent lett...
For Idle Cocktail Chatter
Fun facts about Estonians and drinking Liters per capita consumed by Estonians in 2005: Beer ...
Fun facts about Estonians and drinking Liters per capita consumed by Estonians in 2005: Beer ...
Russia's influence in Estonia increases
Cheaper to buy Estonia than invade it Many have long said that Russia has no need to militarily control Estonia: Russia can sim...
Cheaper to buy Estonia than invade it Many have long said that Russia has no need to militarily control Estonia: Russia can sim...
Nr. 19/2006
Finnish union to Estonian workers: Register!
Estonian workers the “niggers of Finland” The Finnish construction workers union Rakennusliitto has launched a cam...
Estonian workers the “niggers of Finland” The Finnish construction workers union Rakennusliitto has launched a cam...
Russians to observe Estonians
Open Skies Treaty takes the fun out of spying A Russian-made An-30B will make an observation flight over Estonia on May 10th or...
Open Skies Treaty takes the fun out of spying A Russian-made An-30B will make an observation flight over Estonia on May 10th or...
Galvex sold to Silver Point Capital
One more nightmare for foreign-direct investment in Estonia? According to the decision of a US bankruptcy court, the steel galv...
One more nightmare for foreign-direct investment in Estonia? According to the decision of a US bankruptcy court, the steel galv...
Tallinn begins year's biggest road construction
Better stay home for the next 207 days This week, Tallinn launched the year’s biggest road construction project—com...
Better stay home for the next 207 days This week, Tallinn launched the year’s biggest road construction project—com...
Estonia drafts attack policy against renegade planes
Follow your flight plan, or else! Estonia is the last NATO member state without regulations on attacking renegade civilian plan...
Follow your flight plan, or else! Estonia is the last NATO member state without regulations on attacking renegade civilian plan...
Nr. 18/2006
Rüütel without rhythm: says no to James Brown duet
Halonen still a possibility. James Brown, the 72-year-old soul legend, has invited Estonian President Arnold Rüütel ...
Halonen still a possibility. James Brown, the 72-year-old soul legend, has invited Estonian President Arnold Rüütel ...
Singapore businessman: "Seems we are not welcome in Estonia"
Tolaram Group halts 38 million euro investment. Singapore-based Tolaram Group has stopped a scheduled 38-million-euro investmen...
Tolaram Group halts 38 million euro investment. Singapore-based Tolaram Group has stopped a scheduled 38-million-euro investmen...
Estonia sues its New York landlord
No rats that we know of, but the plumbing leaks. New York magazine reported that Estonia paid more than 100,000 USD in rent and...
No rats that we know of, but the plumbing leaks. New York magazine reported that Estonia paid more than 100,000 USD in rent and...
City Paper's 2006 Baltic Parking Awards
Why even bother with traffic signs? #PIC73# City Paper nominates the drivers of these cars for its 2006 Baltic Parking Award, ...
Why even bother with traffic signs? #PIC73# City Paper nominates the drivers of these cars for its 2006 Baltic Parking Award, ...
Looking for a Lithuania love nest?
No such thing as a Baltic bargain. While the average price for older apartments in the center of Vilnius reached 10,000 lit...
No such thing as a Baltic bargain. While the average price for older apartments in the center of Vilnius reached 10,000 lit...
Nr. 17/2006
100-square-meter building stolen in Vilnius
Only in Lithuania! The Lithuanian company Nekilnojamojo Turto Fondas has promised a reward of 5,000 litas (1,448 euros) to the...
Only in Lithuania! The Lithuanian company Nekilnojamojo Turto Fondas has promised a reward of 5,000 litas (1,448 euros) to the...
Estonia to create Baltic Gastronomy Tour
The potato tour? The Estonian Ministry of Agriculture wants to create a “food route” around the Baltic Sea that wou...
The potato tour? The Estonian Ministry of Agriculture wants to create a “food route” around the Baltic Sea that wou...
Estonia's ex-PM Laar wins Milton Friedman Award
Well done, Mart! The Milton Friedman award for promoting freedom is issued every two years will go to Estonia’s former pr...
Well done, Mart! The Milton Friedman award for promoting freedom is issued every two years will go to Estonia’s former pr...
Tallinn-Helsinki fast ships start season
Finally, no more eight-hour trips. Travelers on the Helsinki-Tallinn route may rejoice: the fast boats have begun operation. Ou...
Finally, no more eight-hour trips. Travelers on the Helsinki-Tallinn route may rejoice: the fast boats have begun operation. Ou...
Latvian President compares Helsinki and Riga
But she’s obviously never driven the Via Baltica. Latvia’s President Vaira Vike-Freiberga visited the Helsinki City...
But she’s obviously never driven the Via Baltica. Latvia’s President Vaira Vike-Freiberga visited the Helsinki City...
Nr. 16/2006
Is the best Estonian a Russian?
Study shows Russians in Estonia more civic-minded. Of six thousand 8th- and 9th-grade pupils polled, 20% of young Estonians an...
Study shows Russians in Estonia more civic-minded. Of six thousand 8th- and 9th-grade pupils polled, 20% of young Estonians an...
Every day is Sunday in Lithuania
Why not take off all year? The Easter holiday was a long one in Lithuania this year—consuming both Monday and Tuesday of...
Why not take off all year? The Easter holiday was a long one in Lithuania this year—consuming both Monday and Tuesday of...
EU tax directive will stand in Estonia
Kallas to Estonia: Get used to it, brothers. Denying that Estonia will have to give up her zero corporate income tax often seem...
Kallas to Estonia: Get used to it, brothers. Denying that Estonia will have to give up her zero corporate income tax often seem...
Sergeant Major gets Royal Pardon
Sheikh Sultan Bin Mohammed Al Qassim says no cane. The Emir of Sharjah granted a pardon to Estonian Senior Sergeant Major Andre...
Sheikh Sultan Bin Mohammed Al Qassim says no cane. The Emir of Sharjah granted a pardon to Estonian Senior Sergeant Major Andre...
Estonia says Byelorussian students can stay
A chance for those who “think in a democratic way.” Last week, the Estonian government agreed to cover tuition and...
A chance for those who “think in a democratic way.” Last week, the Estonian government agreed to cover tuition and...
Nr. 15/2006
Estonian paper publishes Mohammed caricatures
Educational or publicity stunt? The Estonian alternative newspaper KesKus published the 12 scandalous caricatures of the proph...
Educational or publicity stunt? The Estonian alternative newspaper KesKus published the 12 scandalous caricatures of the proph...
Vilnius feels travel writer's wrath. Again.
This time it’s the L.A. Times No, it’s really not that bad. Most of Beverly Beyettee’s article in the L.A. Ti...
This time it’s the L.A. Times No, it’s really not that bad. Most of Beverly Beyettee’s article in the L.A. Ti...
Unemployed in Finland? Move to Lithuania.
7,900 free work places in Lithuania in 2005 The average annual number of available jobs in Lithuania totaled 7,900 in 2005 acco...
7,900 free work places in Lithuania in 2005 The average annual number of available jobs in Lithuania totaled 7,900 in 2005 acco...
Estonian Sergeant Major escapes the cane
New court hearing Saturday. Estonian Senior Sergeant Major Andrei Korol’s 80-stroke caning sentence has been annulled, bu...
New court hearing Saturday. Estonian Senior Sergeant Major Andrei Korol’s 80-stroke caning sentence has been annulled, bu...
Tallink buys three more "Superfast" boats
Yes, but how fast will they go? The local press reported this week that Tallink Grupp concluded the purchase of Superfast VII a...
Yes, but how fast will they go? The local press reported this week that Tallink Grupp concluded the purchase of Superfast VII a...
Nr. 14/2006
Whatever happened to Pepsi?
No, not bankrupt: a 1.3% market share. Once upon a time almost too long ago to remember, Pepsi signed an agreement with the...
No, not bankrupt: a 1.3% market share. Once upon a time almost too long ago to remember, Pepsi signed an agreement with the...
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Estonian soldier may take cane over prison
80 lashes can’t be easy. A United Arab Emirates court recently found Estonian Senior Sergeant Major Andrei Korol guilty o...
80 lashes can’t be easy. A United Arab Emirates court recently found Estonian Senior Sergeant Major Andrei Korol guilty o...
A 48-hour Work Week
Why not make it 148? The European Parliament is planning to make a decision about amending the Working Time Directive this comi...
Why not make it 148? The European Parliament is planning to make a decision about amending the Working Time Directive this comi...
Congratulations Mrs. Cilluffo!
Nice work if you can get it...And you can get it if you try. Estonia opened its third honorary consulate in the USA in Portsmou...
Nice work if you can get it...And you can get it if you try. Estonia opened its third honorary consulate in the USA in Portsmou...
Estonia's Man in Moscow
Full-time cop to solve capers from Moscow. Estonia's Minister of the Interior Kalle Laanet says that to better fight internatio...
Full-time cop to solve capers from Moscow. Estonia's Minister of the Interior Kalle Laanet says that to better fight internatio...
Nr. 13/2006
The World's Dumbest Smugglers?
Same Latvians caught twice at same Estonian border. The Estonian border guard detained two Latvians who tried to smuggle cigar...
Same Latvians caught twice at same Estonian border. The Estonian border guard detained two Latvians who tried to smuggle cigar...
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Lukashenko versus His Countrymen
A scorecard. Number of election protesters estimated to have appeared in a Minsk park: 6,000 What they shouted: “T...
A scorecard. Number of election protesters estimated to have appeared in a Minsk park: 6,000 What they shouted: “T...
A World Business Beauty Pageant
The Balts do okay. The Economist Intelligence Unit has ranked countries most attractive for business in 2006-2010. How did your...
The Balts do okay. The Economist Intelligence Unit has ranked countries most attractive for business in 2006-2010. How did your...
For Beautiful People Only?
Ugly need not apply. In the movie The Jerk, when Navin R. Johnson discovered his name in the telephone directory, he shouted: &...
Ugly need not apply. In the movie The Jerk, when Navin R. Johnson discovered his name in the telephone directory, he shouted: &...
Quotable
President Valdas Adamkus: worth listening to. ”In my meetings with the heads of the most influential foreign states, I ha...
President Valdas Adamkus: worth listening to. ”In my meetings with the heads of the most influential foreign states, I ha...
New Rules to Allow Beer Sales to Kids?
Yes. Maybe. Well, it’s not all that simple. “Beer is just liquid bread,” Robert Weinberg, the well-know...
Yes. Maybe. Well, it’s not all that simple. “Beer is just liquid bread,” Robert Weinberg, the well-know...
Nr. 12/2006
World agrees: Belarusian elections farce
Lukashenko shows who is “master of our house.” There’s hardly a government in the world which hasn’t c...
Lukashenko shows who is “master of our house.” There’s hardly a government in the world which hasn’t c...
Tallegg spreading salmonella?
When all else fails, blame the Latvians. 64 children and six employees of the Tõruke kindergarten near Tallinn have cont...
When all else fails, blame the Latvians. 64 children and six employees of the Tõruke kindergarten near Tallinn have cont...
Lithuania courts the French
Je crois que je vais prendre une omelette. But not with Talleggs! Lithuania will try to attract more French tourists at the int...
Je crois que je vais prendre une omelette. But not with Talleggs! Lithuania will try to attract more French tourists at the int...
First ticks spotted in Lithuania
Oh, were it so warm in Estonia! Breaking news: A Klaipeda woman who walked her dog in the forest found a tick on her pet’...
Oh, were it so warm in Estonia! Breaking news: A Klaipeda woman who walked her dog in the forest found a tick on her pet’...
Riga-Stockholm ferry to begin April 6th
Jonesing for a cruise? The Estonian passenger ship company Tallink says regular ferry operations on the Riga-Stockholm route be...
Jonesing for a cruise? The Estonian passenger ship company Tallink says regular ferry operations on the Riga-Stockholm route be...
Nr. 11/2006
Lennart Meri dies
Statesman and author now part of history. It is said what Estonians—and others—so much admired about President Len...
Statesman and author now part of history. It is said what Estonians—and others—so much admired about President Len...
Copterline Estonia's CEO Named to Highest Aviation Post
Estonia’s Minister of Communications has asked Copterline Estonia’s CEO Tõnis Lepp to assume the position of ...
Estonia’s Minister of Communications has asked Copterline Estonia’s CEO Tõnis Lepp to assume the position of ...
Recruiting prostitutes: Every seventh woman in Estonia has been asked
Does this story never end? The Open Society Institute’s poll says every seventh woman in Estonia has been approached with...
Does this story never end? The Open Society Institute’s poll says every seventh woman in Estonia has been approached with...
Adamkus named Ukraine's Man of the Year
Some recompense for criticism by fellow Balts? For contributions to public life and policy in Ukraine, Lithuanian President Val...
Some recompense for criticism by fellow Balts? For contributions to public life and policy in Ukraine, Lithuanian President Val...
Rich Estonian grannies?
Maybe a few. Half of deposits in Estonia belong to elderly. Approximately half of deposit holders of Estonia’s largest co...
Maybe a few. Half of deposits in Estonia belong to elderly. Approximately half of deposit holders of Estonia’s largest co...
Estonian and Swedish Parliaments: Investigate the M/S Estonia
Back to the sea floor? The Estonian parliamentary committee for the investigation of the transport of arms on the sunken vesse...
Back to the sea floor? The Estonian parliamentary committee for the investigation of the transport of arms on the sunken vesse...
Estonians in space?
Not astronauts, but maybe studfish. The Estonian state voiced its interest last week in joining the European Space Agency. The ...
Not astronauts, but maybe studfish. The Estonian state voiced its interest last week in joining the European Space Agency. The ...
Nr. 10/2006
EU women outperform EU men
Women live six years longer and work harder, too.Women in all 25 EU member states live six years longer than EU men, according...
Women live six years longer and work harder, too.Women in all 25 EU member states live six years longer than EU men, according...
EU “shocked” by Baltic citizenship situation
Why so many stateless? The Council of EuropeÂ’s Commissioner for Human Rights, Alvaro Gil-Robles, said he is shocked that in th...
Why so many stateless? The Council of EuropeÂ’s Commissioner for Human Rights, Alvaro Gil-Robles, said he is shocked that in th...
Lithuanians trust church most
But the bank is a close second. Seventy percent of Lithuanians trust the church, according to a survey conducted by Baltijos Ty...
But the bank is a close second. Seventy percent of Lithuanians trust the church, according to a survey conducted by Baltijos Ty...
9,000,000 refugees in the world: Only 4 in Estonia
Refugee a foreign concept in modern Estonia. Over 90 percent of Estonian inhabitants have never had any contact with the issue ...
Refugee a foreign concept in modern Estonia. Over 90 percent of Estonian inhabitants have never had any contact with the issue ...
Traveling with a box of bayonets
Nail clippers on planes forbidden in US, but Europe says no to bayonets. Estonian customs officials discovered seven bayonets i...
Nail clippers on planes forbidden in US, but Europe says no to bayonets. Estonian customs officials discovered seven bayonets i...
Nr. 9/2006
US Ambassador boycotts art museum opening
Not sharing klieg lights with Harry Männil. The US Ambassador to Estonia, Aldona Wos, chose not to participate in the Febr...
Not sharing klieg lights with Harry Männil. The US Ambassador to Estonia, Aldona Wos, chose not to participate in the Febr...
Estonia joins US in LHV indictment
Lepik and Peek took advantage, say police. The Estonian Central Criminal Police has submitted an indictment against Kristjan Le...
Lepik and Peek took advantage, say police. The Estonian Central Criminal Police has submitted an indictment against Kristjan Le...
Tourist count in Tallinn: Almost twice the population
But a good chunk of them are freeloaders. According to the state-owned Enterprise Estonia Foundation, 1.9 million foreign touri...
But a good chunk of them are freeloaders. According to the state-owned Enterprise Estonia Foundation, 1.9 million foreign touri...
State of Illinois gives 69 million USD to Lithuanian Consul
Winning a lottery of sorts in Chicago. Last week, Judy Baar Topinka, treasurer of the state of Illinois in the U.S.A., handed a...
Winning a lottery of sorts in Chicago. Last week, Judy Baar Topinka, treasurer of the state of Illinois in the U.S.A., handed a...
Russians want to buy Estonian Railways
Another week, another potential buyer. Estonian media reports that the Russian investment firm Promyshlennyje Investory (Indust...
Another week, another potential buyer. Estonian media reports that the Russian investment firm Promyshlennyje Investory (Indust...
Nr. 8/2006
Estonia ranks first in Olympic gold (medals per capita, that is)
Three gold medals impressive no matter how you count it Thanks to three gold medals, Estonia briefly held third place in th...
Three gold medals impressive no matter how you count it Thanks to three gold medals, Estonia briefly held third place in th...
Lithuanians to speak French
Où est-ce que je peux acheter des black market cigarettes? Lithuanians in the government chancellery, ministries, and other st...
Où est-ce que je peux acheter des black market cigarettes? Lithuanians in the government chancellery, ministries, and other st...
Ansip: Prepare for prostitution expansion
Will FinlandÂ’s law wreak Estonian havoc? FinlandÂ’s plan to make buying sex a crime will bring about more prostitution in Es...
Will FinlandÂ’s law wreak Estonian havoc? FinlandÂ’s plan to make buying sex a crime will bring about more prostitution in Es...
LithuaniaÂ’s dolphin dead
Did you know they had one? Nika, a dolphin from the Black Sea, died unexpectedly at the Lithuanian Sea Museum on February 14th....
Did you know they had one? Nika, a dolphin from the Black Sea, died unexpectedly at the Lithuanian Sea Museum on February 14th....
For idle cocktail chatter: EstoniaÂ’s negative birth rate
No wonder mothers are paid to have babies January births registered in Estonia: 1,152 January deaths: 1,705 Most popular boysÂ’ n...
No wonder mothers are paid to have babies January births registered in Estonia: 1,152 January deaths: 1,705 Most popular boysÂ’ n...
Nr. 7/2006
Why black hussars cost more
Discrimination or just a better product? A citizen complaint that flower delivery by a black man wearing a hussar uniform cost ...
Discrimination or just a better product? A citizen complaint that flower delivery by a black man wearing a hussar uniform cost ...
Terrorists, romance, and nuclear power plants
Wayward daughter dating al-Qaeda financier?Lithuania became concerned Monday when it emerged that Sergey Zakurko, father of Vikto...
Wayward daughter dating al-Qaeda financier?Lithuania became concerned Monday when it emerged that Sergey Zakurko, father of Vikto...
Estonian Šmigun wins two golds
Her secret: “I trained like hell.” Estonian cross-country skier Kristina Šmigun became the first Estonian to win Olympic go...
Her secret: “I trained like hell.” Estonian cross-country skier Kristina Šmigun became the first Estonian to win Olympic go...
Belarus university relocates to Lithuania
A university in exile The establishment in exile of the European Humanities University of Belarus has been approved by Lithu...
A university in exile The establishment in exile of the European Humanities University of Belarus has been approved by Lithu...
For idle cocktail chatter
Now, who wants to be a teacher? Estonian junior teacher’s minimum gross wage = 422 €/month Senior teacher’s minimum gr...
Now, who wants to be a teacher? Estonian junior teacher’s minimum gross wage = 422 €/month Senior teacher’s minimum gr...
Poor public image?
So just change your name. The 1,615-member Estonian United PeopleÂ’s Party, which represents mainly Russian-speaking politic...
So just change your name. The 1,615-member Estonian United PeopleÂ’s Party, which represents mainly Russian-speaking politic...
Nr. 6/2006
The Debate over Female Cops
Estonia has highest ratio of female cops in Europe. Is this good? The proportion of women working in EstoniaÂ’s police force is...
Estonia has highest ratio of female cops in Europe. Is this good? The proportion of women working in EstoniaÂ’s police force is...
Cruise Ship spotted in Port of Riga
Crew apologizes, cites heavy fog, asks directions to Port of Tallinn That used to be the joke the Estonians made about the Latvia...
Crew apologizes, cites heavy fog, asks directions to Port of Tallinn That used to be the joke the Estonians made about the Latvia...
Heavy-drinking Estonians
Living a liquid death When the average Estonian consumes nearly 15 liters of pure alcohol a year—three times the EU average—tha...
Living a liquid death When the average Estonian consumes nearly 15 liters of pure alcohol a year—three times the EU average—tha...
Oil SpillÂ’s Guilty Parties?
The search continues Twenty tons of spilled oil mysteriously appeared along a 35-kilometer stretch of the Estonian northwest co...
The search continues Twenty tons of spilled oil mysteriously appeared along a 35-kilometer stretch of the Estonian northwest co...
Stylish Smugglers Dazzle Lithuanian Customs
In a white kimono on skates? Lithuanian customs officers arrested a Russian smuggler in early February traveling from Kaliningrad...
In a white kimono on skates? Lithuanian customs officers arrested a Russian smuggler in early February traveling from Kaliningrad...
Estonian Railways Soap Opera Continues
Wanna buy a railroad? Even though Baltic Rail Services (BRS) has finally thrown in the towel and said it wants to sell its maj...
Wanna buy a railroad? Even though Baltic Rail Services (BRS) has finally thrown in the towel and said it wants to sell its maj...
Nr. 4/2006
NY Times calls Tallinn “Party Capital of the Year”
Queen Elizabeth to visit! Fueled by British guidebook author Laurence ShorterÂ’s new guidebook, A HedonistÂ’s Guide to Tall...
Queen Elizabeth to visit! Fueled by British guidebook author Laurence ShorterÂ’s new guidebook, A HedonistÂ’s Guide to Tall...
Helsinki to Tallinn: Now even Faster.
Copterline and the Viru Hotel announce their Tallinn Express Package, simultaneous check-in service for both Copterline and t...
Copterline and the Viru Hotel announce their Tallinn Express Package, simultaneous check-in service for both Copterline and t...
Want to buy counterfeit slippers? Visit Lithuania.
Been shopping for that fake Adidas track suit? Lithuanian customs officers seized 184,000 counterfeit items in 2005 (Adi...
Been shopping for that fake Adidas track suit? Lithuanian customs officers seized 184,000 counterfeit items in 2005 (Adi...
What 2.75 billion will buy
Bridge for sale? An Estonian government committee has selected two routes for either a bridge or tunnel connecting EstoniaÂ’s main...
Bridge for sale? An Estonian government committee has selected two routes for either a bridge or tunnel connecting EstoniaÂ’s main...
Hate cold? ItÂ’s warming up in Tallinn.
Mondo the Adventure Dog slides around the Bay of Tallinn #PIC49# Estonia posted this winterÂ’s cold record last Friday morn...
Mondo the Adventure Dog slides around the Bay of Tallinn #PIC49# Estonia posted this winterÂ’s cold record last Friday morn...
Estonian Gastronomy Society names 2005 Silver Spoon winners
The Gastronomy Society of Estonia has selected its star-restaurants of 2005. Here are the winners and finalists in each categor...
The Gastronomy Society of Estonia has selected its star-restaurants of 2005. Here are the winners and finalists in each categor...