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The National D-Day Memorial in Bedford, Virginia, near the Blue Ridge Mountains in southwestern Virginia, commemorated the 66th anniversary of the invasion of Normandy on Sunday, June 6.  Bedford was selected for the National D-Day memorial because the town suffered the greatest per capita loss of life of any U.S....

There are usually disadvantages and various degrees of unpleasantness involved in showing up late to a party. It all depends on how late you arrive. Just an hour or two late, and the appetizers tray is either empty or you have to settle for slim pickins’. Several hours late, and...

25 May (BNS) - Estonian Prime Minister Andrus Ansip and Deputy Speaker of the Chinese Parliament Jianmin Hua underlined that relations between Estonia and China are very good.Ansip has been on visits to China on three occasions, twice as head of government and once as mayor of Tartu. "I have...

(BNS) - On Saturday, May 15th, a fish market was opened in the immediate vicinity of the Old Town of Tallinn at the Fishery Port. For the time being it will be open on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The city government said that the aim of the...

14 May (BNS) - New social media mediums have been winning growing support among Estonian MPs and one third of them have Facebook accounts, Esto-nian parliament Speaker Ene Ergma said at a European Union parliament speakers' conference in Stockholm on May 14. Ergma's speech at the conference was on the...

  As part of the 2010 International VSA Festival, the National Symphonie Orchestra (NSO), conductor Kristjan Järvi, and percussionist Evelyn Glennie perform Tüür's "Magma." The uplifting program also features music from Ellington and Bernstein. AfterWords: On Thursday, June 10, performance at 7 pm is followed by a free discussion with...

Pianist Mihkel Poll in NY Estonian HouseFor music critics, these nights are rather Estonia-shing. On Wednesday (May 5), the Church of Ignatius Loyola performed Arvo Pärt’s Miserere and Beatitudes in the charming Jesuit church. Last night (May 7), in the equally charming, virginal white concert hall of Estonian House, on...

11 May (BNS) - Estonia's Minister of Economic Affairs and Communications Juhan Parts and the European Union co-ordinator for the Rail Baltica project Pavel Telicka agreed at a meeting on May 11, that a passenger train link between Tallinn and Warsaw could realistically be launched within the next few years.Parts...

German investors await an improvement in the economy sector of the three Baltic States and plan further investments in capital and persona this year, as to the yearly survey conducted by the German-Baltic Chamber of Commerce (AHK).“Secure future prospects are positively reflected in plans for investment and employment – more...

Eight other countries still not ready to join the euro area European Commission, May 12, 2010 – Six years after it joined the EU, Estonia meets the requirements for adopting the euro.The commission announced today that it would recommend that EU governments let the country switch to the currency in...