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BONJOUR L'ESTONIE (Free subscription) | yesterday
By Giovanni Angioni Hundred kilometers from Tallinn, after a smooth ride on one of the new "Euro-Estonian" roads, we reached Rakvere : a 17-and-something-thousands inhabitants citie which, in the minds of locals, immediately recall the images of its castle, its Tarvac statue and the taste of its juicy meat. Being more than 770 years old, Rakvere is one of those places full of stories and worth to be...
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BONJOUR L'ESTONIE (Free subscription) | yesterday
Juhan Tere In June 2008 the North Circuit Police Prefecture of Estonia discovered 36.5 kilos of methamphetamine during searches carried out, writes EPL Online. This is by far the largest amount of methamphetamine ever confiscated in Estonia. In addition to meth, a large amount of hashish was found. “Three men in their thirties have been arrested, suspected of handling large amounts of drugs. Two of...
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BONJOUR L'ESTONIE (Free subscription) | yesterday
Sandra Taimre sandra.taimre @ aripaev.ee Dag Kirsebom and Claudio Zucchelli, the authors of a new book talking about Estonian economy's rise and fall, "Hard landing", say crisis in Estonia is at the initial stage. According to them, the year 2009 is likely to be even worse. This is noteworthy as we have still not seen one single prognosis with lower GDP growth for 2009 compared to 2008. Everyone take...
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BONJOUR L'ESTONIE (Free subscription) | 23/07/2008
Toomas Hõbemägi The long-awaited reduction in the retail food prices has finally started, writes Äripäev. For instance, in the last few months, food baskets have become cheaper almost in all large grocery chains. Notably, the price of dairy products has been falling for several weeks now. Also prices of baked products have been falling. Toolse bread, for instance, that cost EEK 9.6 in May is now on...
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BONJOUR L'ESTONIE (Free subscription) | 23/07/2008
Toomas Hõbemägi Latvian Minister of Environmental Affairs has banned Latvian landfills to accept waste from Estonia that is suffering from lack of landfills. Eesti Päevaleht writes that since several landfills will be closed next year in South Estonia because they don’t meet strict EU environmental requirements, the nearest two landfills in South Estonia will be in Pärnu county and in Jõgeva county,...
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TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Jump to the full entry & travel map Padise, Estonia No story about singing at a bonfire until late on a campingsite. We left Tallinn in the morning and by late afternoon we took a long stop at the ruins of a 14th century clooster. Good that we stayed there long, because at a certain point some guys started to bring in microphones and loudspeakers... it turned out that there was a 'pop-concert' inside...
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TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | 23/07/2008
Jump to the full entry & travel map Tallinn, Estonia the ferry trip back was enjoyable, we had a few more beers, played some cards, and most of all a good laugh. quick shower in the hostel and we were spruced up to head out, popped into a wee bar around the corner, and bumped into a fellow scotsman (jason)from bridge of allan. also some of the aussies we met in riga. sat there for a while then...
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Belfast Telegraph (Free subscription) | 23/07/2008
Drogheda United take a one-goal advantage into the away leg of their Champions League qualifier against Levadia Talinn this evening.
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BONJOUR L'ESTONIE (Free subscription) | 23/07/2008
Gertrud Levit gertrud.levit @ aripaev.ee According to the recent anti-corruption project it turned out that Estonians consider North-Estonia to be most corrupted, writes aripaev.ee. “Police officials and prosecutors were trained to fight corruption during the project, which was carried out in three parts,” said Järvet. Secondly, seminars to increased knowledge about corruptions were carried out in...
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BONJOUR L'ESTONIE (Free subscription) | 23/07/2008
By Alexander Osipovich PECHORY — Helju Majak is among the last of her people to remain in Russia. Even her two younger sisters now live across the Estonian border, just a few kilometers away. Majak is one of the Setos, sometimes spelled Setu, a tiny ethnic group of about 15,000 that has lived for centuries in this borderland but has been gradually vanishing from Russia since the collapse of the Soviet...
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BONJOUR L'ESTONIE (Free subscription) | yesterday
IF any residents of Drogheda notice women suspiciously being hoisted around the town by their other halves during the next few weeks, they should not call the police -- there may be method to their madness. Visitors to Tallinn for this Champions League clash will be aware that football is not the main sport in Estonia. Over the years, however, they have been extremely successful in the art of wife...
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BONJOUR L'ESTONIE (Free subscription) | yesterday
Gertrud Levit gertrud.levit @ aripaev.ee Tallinn deputy mayor Eha Võrk decries the government’s decision to return the House of Blackheads’ (Mustpeade maja) to the Brotherhood of Blackheads’ Fraternity – the economic interest of about 50 members of Brotherhood of Blackheads’ Fraternity isn’t more important than the culture interests of more than 400 000 habitants of Tallinn. In her comment sent to...
