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During the first half of the year, the State Forest Management Center earned a net profit of 14.4 million euros, doubling last year's yield for the same period. The agency sold 1.26 million cubic meters of timber for a total of 55.8 million euros, with the average price per cubit...

The Tallinna Linnahall recreation center, which despite its closure in 2009 has served as a leisure spot for both locals and tourists, has not received enough support from the city government to keep its territory clean from garbage. The seven employees hired to maintain the building and its surrounding area...

An agreement could be reached this fall on a joint Baltic liquified natural gas terminal, according to the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications. Or, then again, it may not, if all three countries stick to plans to build terminals on their own soil.   The ministry's undersecretary Einari Kisel...

The Social Democratic Party's youth wing is not impressed by the education minister's reforms for free higher education, asserting that there is no such thing as a free lunch. The youth section of the party says that paid tuition is programmed into the reform even though Minister of Education Jaak...

A study conducted by the Baltic Research Center revealed that Estonia has failed to ensure social protection and integration for the 46 refugees residing in the country. After eight months of waiting in the Illuka Reception Center for Asylum Seekers in Ida-Viru County, Afghanistan-born Azat was finally granted international protection...

As many as of 37 percent of 15- to 24-year-olds have tried marijuana, which is 11 percent more than the European average, a recent study conducted by the Saar Poll survey company revealed. Young people can easily acquire marijuana (also known as cannabis), said Nelli Kalikova, project manager at the...

The Thomas Keller Medal committee is delighted to announce that the 2011 Thomas Keller Medal, rowing's highest distinction, will this year be awarded to Estonian rowing legend Jueri Jaanson. The 18-carat gold medal shall be awarded on Sunday 10 July on the medal pontoon of the Samsung World Rowing Cup...

Austria Ungari keisririigi troonipärija, suurvürst Dr Otto von Habsburg, suri 4. juulil 2011, 98 aasta vanuses Baieris, Saksamaal. Baltlastel on põhjust leinata von Habsburgi - külma sõja üks vähemtuntuid kangelasi,  kes juba väga noorena kirglikult võitles natsismi ja kommunismi vastu. Peale 1st Maailmasõda ja keisririigi likvideerimist aastal 1918, sunniti Habsburgide...

Ambassador Michael C. Polt announced on July 4 at the U.S. Embassy’s Independence Day Reception the creation of a new Estonian American Innovation Award to highlight innovation in Estonia and collaboration between Estonia and America toward this end.   The new award is being sponsored by the U.S. Embassy in...

At his meeting in Vilnius on July 1,  with Secretary of State of the United States of America Hillary Clinton, Foreign Minister Urmas Paet expressed his satisfaction over the mutually supportive, exceptionally friendly, and very unique relations between Estonia and the USA. “Twenty years ago, after overcoming totalitarianism, we promised...