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Dissatisfaction Of Inaction
I have been in Tallinn for a week to get some things done when my wife’s son Uku called to invite us to The Estonian Television Studio where he was rehearsing for the Estonian Song competition which will take place on the 19th of February coming up. Uku is performing...
It’s A START
Every time I start something new, I want it to be done yesterday. I have been talking and writing about our 100kW Kurenurme Solar Project for a couple of years now. Like a Jehovah Witness trying to save the world I sometimes feel no one, not even the Estonian...
World Ski Championships Begin in Otepää
ERR News - The Nordic Junior and U23 World Ski Champion-ships started on January 26 in the southern Estonian town of Otepää, marking the country's biggest-ever high-profile athletic competition. Seven hundred young athletes from 38 countries will compete in single and cross country skiing, ski jumping and the biathlon. Estonia...
Internet Organization Says Web Not Ready for Õ
ERR News - A grassroots nonprofit representing internet users has criticized the announ-cement of a public tender for a solution to allow diacritic marks such as umlauts and tildes in domain names. The group, the Estonian Internet Community, says that the move would only cause confusion and force users to...
Estonian Foreign Minister Meets US Secretary of State
ERR News - On a visit to the United States, Foreign Minister Urmas Paet met with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on January 20 to discuss Afghanistan, NATO and relations with Russia. "Now I could go on and on about Estonia, and I have enjoyed already two visits as Secretary...
American Corner Opens in Tartu
On January 25, 2011, Embassy Tallinn opened its fourth American Corner in Estonia. The Corner is in Tartu and joins the three existing American Corners in Kuressaare, Viljandi and Narva. Our diplomatic mission encompasses all of Estonia, not only Tallinn, and the American Corners allow us to more readily engage...
Bombardier Delivers Estonian Air’s First CRJ900 NextGen Airliner
On January 24, Bombar-dier Aerospace delivered the first of three CRJ900 NextGen regional jets ordered by Estonian Air in 2010. The transaction included options on two additional CRJ900 NextGen aircraft. The handover to the Tallinn, Estonia-based airline was celebrated at Bombardier Aero-space’s facility in Mirabel, Québec, where the CRJ900 NextGen...
Something to think about
There are lots of relevant political discussions and interviews in the newspapers, on the radio and television lately defining the differences between the party platforms. Winter is always a good time for country people to visit, get together and discuss what is happening. Naturally prior to an election, it is...
A Realistic FIT Estonia
In 2001, approximately 86 percent of the world's energy was obtained from fossil fuels. While fuel reserves are sufficient to support an energy demand expected to triple by 2100, the more immediate problem lies in stabilizing excess atmospheric carbon dioxide -a key contributor to global warming -by adopting and developing...
College Scholarships for Estonian-Americans in 2011
The Estonian Students Fund in USA was founded in 1961 to provide scholarships and grants to students of Estonian heritage. While we gladly support Estonian students no matter what part of the world they live in, we are hoping to reach greater number of 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation Estonian-Americans...
Vaba Eesti Sõna is an Estonian expatriate weekly newspaper with a national readership, founded in 1949 and published in New York City by the Nordic Press.
