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BONJOUR L'ESTONIE (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
Toomas Hõbemägi Marek Jürgenson, head of the central city district, proposes to reduce the speed limit in central Tallinn to 40 kmph from May 2009. Eesti Päevaleht writes that Jürgenson has already sent such a request to Mayor of Tallinn Edgar Savisaar where he said that this could improve the traffic behaviour of motorists that has been deteriorating in recent times. Jürgenson said that it was a disgrace...
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BONJOUR L'ESTONIE (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
An Estonian Air Boeing 737-500, registration ES-ABL performing flight OV134 from Oslo Gardermoen (Norway) to Tallinn (Estonia), struck a flock of birds while on approach to Tallinn at 3000 feet. The birds hit and damaged one engine, the nose cone, the stabilizer and the hull. The landing was safe, no injuries have been reported.The airplane had to be removed from service for repairs, causing problems...
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BONJOUR L'ESTONIE (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
Toomas Hõbemägi Mayor of Tallinn Edgar Savisaar believes that municipal police could help to stop the mafia-controlled taxi business in central Tallinn. Eesti Päevaleht quoted Savisaar speaking at a radio show yesterday that the city government plans to set up a special department for checking taxis at the municipal police. “The unit must be big enough to check 2,500 taxis driving around in Tallinn,”...
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BONJOUR L'ESTONIE (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
By Carter Dougherty TALLINN : For nearly two decades, Estonia charged onto the frontiers of capitalism with unabashed gusto. But this year capitalism struck back. By adopting the laissez-faire economic philosophy of Milton Friedman in its embrace of foreign investors, the flat tax and a freewheeling business culture, Estonia stood out as the former Soviet republic most adept at turning post-Communist...
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Baltic Times (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
TALLINN - The Estonian population ministry has unveiled a plan to launch a 1.1 million kroon (70,000 euro) advertising campaign urging residents to apply for citizenship. The two-part campaign will both encourage people living in Estonia to go through the naturalization process and highlight tha
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Realmadrid.com (Free subscription) | 16 hours ago
European champions Spain scored three goals without reply at the A Le Coq Arena in Tallinn, although the game was much closer than the scoreline suggested with Estonia making the visitors work hard for their win.
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
Tallinn, Estonia - Spain are keen to stay top of World Cup qualifying Group 5 by beating Estonia on Saturday - despite all their injury problems. The Euro 2008 winners are currently top of the group with six points from two games, having beaten both ...
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Mondo Visione (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
Slowed economic growth and more pessimistic forecasts have also affected the securities markets of Tallinn and the Baltic states. By the end of 3Q 2008, the NASDAQ OMX Tallinn stock exchange index (OMX Tallinn) had dropped to 471.39 points and the Baltic Benchmark index to 362.57 points. Compared to the same period last year, both indexes have lost nearly one-half of their value.
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Travelblog (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
Into the Baltic Countries now and getting of the ferry from Helsinki I arrived in Tallinn with the famous only surviving walled old town in this area. It really is an amazing place to wander through and feels like you have taken a step back in time when first arriving walking through the enterance of the wall into all the old buildings that you will find. There is plenty to see when wandering arou
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Baltic Times (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
TALLINN - The ratings agency Fitch has downgraded the long-term foreign and local currency ratings, as well as the country ceilings, of all three Baltic states. Fitch announced the downgrade Friday, Oct. 3, citing concerns over the countries’ current account deficits as the primary reason for the o
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Baltic Times (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
TALLINN - OP-Pohjola Group, the second-largest banking group in terms of assets in Finland, is waiting for the opportunity to start operations with a branch office in Estonia, the daily Eesti Paevaleht reports. The Estonian branch of Pohjola Bank PLC, registered in September, does not yet hold an
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Baltic Times (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
TALLINN - With its stocks plummeting, its long-term credit rating downgraded and loans facing expiry, Swedbank has moved to reassure depositors of its credit worthiness. On Oct. 2 the bank assured its Swedish depositors they would be covered by the state deposit guarantee scheme, which gives compen
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Baltic Times (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
TALLINN - Bank and credit card fraud has apparently become the new trend crime among Estonians; with police reports suggesting Estonia’s IT literate younger generations are adapting their expertise to criminal ends. The Estonian police say that this new illegal enterprise has now become the most co
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Baltic Times (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
TALLINN - Many primary school and kindergarten teacher can’t speak Estonian well enough to teach, according to a recent sampling. Ninety six out of 104 teachers from Tallinn kindergartens and Narva schools have failed Estonian language checks carried out by the Language Inspectorate. After ext
