Tallinn, Estonia News

The car safety equipment producer Autoliv , majority owner of Estonian Norma, is closing its plans all over the world; Norma plant in Tallinn will not be closed but workers have to spend the end of the year 2009 and January at a forced vacations, National Broadcasting/LETA reports.

FOOD in Europe's ex-communist countries has an undeservedly bad reputation: stodgy peasant fare ruined by the culinary commissars of the planned economy.

"Tallinn-Istanbul airline will be opened in spring Juhan Tere, BC, Tallinn, 21.12.2009.Print version AD Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu promised last week that in spring a direct flight between Tallinn and Istanbul will be opened.

Sofi Oksanen is a thoroughly positive person, said Merit Kopli , the Editor-in-Chief of Postimees , the largest daily newspaper in Estonia.

The Tallinn city council approved of the capital city's 2010 budget in the volume of 7.075 billion kroons, as well as introduced 1% sales tax and boat tax next year, National Broadcasting/LETA reports.... Read more... Posted in: The Baltics .

"Tallinn-Istanbul direct line to open in spring 18.12.2009, 16:08 Tallinn will have a direct connection to Istanbul, capital of Turkey, in spring.

Locked in one of Europe's deepest recessions, Estonians in dire need of some anti-crisis cheer are flocking to their capital's annual Christmas market, a magnet for locals and tourists alike.

Currently in its eighth year, the Tallinn Christmas Market is one of Europe's youngest markets.

Tallinn - An Estonian pastor struck it rich after a DNA test proved that he was the son of one of the Baltic state's wealthiest men, according to a news report on Thursday.

The renowned film "Ajami" tucked another accomplishment under its belt. The debut film of Yaron Shani and Scandar Copti on Friday was awarded the 10,000 euro first prize in the EurAsia category of the international Black Nights Film Festival held for the 13th year in Tallinn, Estonia.

It's amazing what a stretch of water can do . The country of Estonia sits across the Baltic Sea from Sweden and Finland .

This Saturday, we will mark the first anniversary of the death of Patriarch Aleksei Rediger of Moscow and all the Russias.

Tallinn's Town Hall Square marks the heart of the medieval lower town. It's amazing what a stretch of water can do.

Yet the old and the traditional has not at all been forgotten. Among the Nordic capitals, only Tallinn and Lubeck have far-reaching roots in the history of marzipan.

Postimees reported that Coca-Cola HBC, the Coca-Cola bottler in Estonia, plans to transfer production of drinks into plastic PET bottles from Tallinn to Lithuania and the production of drinks in glass bottles from Tallinn to Poland.

A kid poses with a Santa Claus at the Christmas fair at a square in Tallinn, capital of Estonia, on Nov.

Cash-strapped City of Tallinn should consider imposing new taxes on the tourism industry, says Sulev MA eltsemees.

The best bars, shops, restaurants, hotels and attractions in the Estonian capital, Tallinn.

Extra provisions to a 2006 agreement were signed in the Estonian capital of Tallinn by the head of the Russian Federal Drug Control Service, Viktor Ivanov, and Estonian Interior Minister Marko Pomerantz.

Eesti Ekspress wrote this week that the young man was in bed for two days with high fever of 39 degrees without getting any medical help.