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  1. Autoliv closes plants, keeps Norma in EstoniaRead the original story

    9 hrs ago | Shaan.typepad.com

    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.

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    Related Topix: Europe, World News, Estonia, Estonia, Tallinn, Estonia

  2. A supermarket in EstoniaRead the original story

    9 hrs ago | Let's be smart

    ... economy. Your columnist has long disagreed, but proof is needed. So, on a recent visit to a supermarket in Tallinn, Estonia's capital, he set out to construct a winter picnic entirely from local ingredients. The basis was easy: black bread, pungent ...

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    Related Topix: Travel, Estonia Travel, Estonia, Estonia, Tallinn, Estonia, Baked Goods, Life, Food, Bread, Wine, Drink

  3. Tallinn may lose right to host European Movie Awards GalaRead the original story

    Yesterday | Shaan.typepad.com

    ... no consensus on funding is found, Tallinn should withdraw from hosting it. This would be a huge blow to the image of Estonia and Tallinn. The world would look and think that poor Estonia did not have the money to organize the event. " It will show ...

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    Related Topix: Estonia, Estonia, World News, Tallinn, Estonia, Europe

  4. Europe.view: A supermarket in Estonia

    Yesterday | The Economist

    ... economy. Your columnist has long disagreed, but proof is needed. So, on a recent visit to a supermarket in Tallinn, Estonia's capital, he set out to construct a winter picnic entirely from local ingredients. The basis was easy: black bread, pungent ...

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  5. Estonia ends cooperation with the Czech on War of Freedom MonumentRead the original story

    Yesterday | Shaan.typepad.com

    The ministry will now declare a state procurement contest to find a new company to fix the monument.

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  6. 59.7% of Estonia's GDP in 2007 was created in Harju countyRead the original story

    Tuesday | City Paper's Baltics Worldwide

    According to Statistics Estonia, Harju county covered 59.7% of the gross domestic product in Estonia in 2007.

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  7. Icebreaking work starts in Parnu bay in EstoniaRead the original story

    Tuesday | Let's be smart

    Starting December 28, all ships that enter or exit the PA rnu port and are serviced by the icebreaker must have ice class 1C according to Lloyd`s registry or a similar ice class of other classification organizations and the main engine capacity has to be at least 1,600 kW.

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    Related Topix: Parnu, Estonia, Estonia, Estonia, World News

  8. Tallinn-Istanbul airline will be opened in spring

    Tuesday | Shaan.typepad.com

    ... Davutoglu in Ankara on Friday, the latter stated that Turkey is very interested in further intensifying ties with Estonia and that in the spring a direct flight between Tallinn and Istanbul will be opened. Foreign Minister Paet stated that relations ...

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    Related Topix: Turkey, World News, Middle East, Estonia, Estonia, Tallinn, Estonia, Europe, Travel, Turkey Travel, Estonia Travel, NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)

  9. Exit enters new year with Friend of MineRead the original story

    Tuesday | Let's be smart

    ... about the Seto ethnic minority, travelled to several world festivals in 2008 and garnered over 12,000 admissions in Estonia. Exit Film's fourth project, Routine Repairs , will hopefully be ready in 2011 to celebrate Tallinn as European Culture ...

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  10. Demolition of War Memorial In Georgia Kills Mother, GirlRead the original story

    Monday Dec 21 | The St. Petersburg Times

    ... forward his return to Georgia from Copenhagen, where he was attending UN climate talks. The dispute has echoes of Estonia in 2007, when Moscow reacted furiously to the relocation of a World War II memorial in Tallinn. ??South Ossetia freed three ...

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    Related Topix: World News, Asia, Georgia, Tbilisi, Georgia, Kutaisi, Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili

  11. Tallinn-Istanbul airline will be opened in spring :: The Baltic...Read the original story

    Monday Dec 21 | Turkish Digest

    ... Davutoglu in Ankara on Friday, the latter stated that Turkey is very interested in further intensifying ties with Estonia and that in the spring a direct flight between Tallinn and Istanbul will be opened." More: Tallinn-Istanbul airline will be ...

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  12. President Ilves opens VKG's new oil plant in Kohtla-JarveRead the original story

    Monday Dec 21 | Let's be smart

    ... a TMs competitiveness. The new oil plant of Viru Keema Grupp (VKG), the largest privately owned chemical industry in Estonia, cost 1.1 billion kroons and it provides jobs for 100 people. Juhan Tere

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    Related Topix: Estonia, Estonia, Toomas Ilves, Jarve, Estonia, World News

  13. Traffic police postpones launch of speed camera system to 2010Read the original story

    Monday Dec 21 | City Paper's Baltics Worldwide

    Police Board said that although it has installed all 16 speed cameras in Tallinn-Tartu motorway, no fines would be issued by end of 2009.... Read more... Posted in: Estonia .

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  14. Kristi Kuudisiim in Parnu over ChristmasRead the original story

    Sunday Dec 20 | Let's be smart

    Estonian model Kristi Kuudisiim , who lives in Ranelagh with boyfriend Paul, is flying back to chilly Parnu for Christmas before returning in the new year for friend Conrad Gallagher 's opening party for his new restaurant on Aungier Street, Dublin ...

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    Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Estonia, Estonia, Christmas, World News, Parnu, Estonia

  15. Joubert in Estonia, set for Euro returnRead the original story

    Saturday Dec 19 | Let's be smart

    ... was on the road to recovery as he bids to be fit for the Winter Olympics in February and is determined to compete in Estonia from January 19-24 . " It's tight, but he (Joubert) can't conceive of not going to Tallinn to prepare for the Olympics ," ...

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    Related Topix: Sports, More Sports, Winter Sports, Figure Skating, Ice Skating, Competitive Skating, Brian Joubert, Olympics, Olympic Winter Games

  16. Laura goes electronicRead the original story

    Saturday Dec 19 | Shaan.typepad.com

    Last week, Ultra , Laura PA ldvere's second CD album was released in Estonia , on the Moonwalk label.

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    Related Topix: Europe, World News, Estonia, Estonia, Tartu, Estonia

  17. Sofi Oksanen named Person of the Year in EstoniaRead the original story w/Photo

    Saturday Dec 19 | Let's be smart

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

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  18. Tallinn-Istanbul direct line to open in springRead the original story

    Friday Dec 18 | Turkish Digest

    ... Urmas Paet. The Turkish minister said at the meeting that Turkey was very interested in deepening relations with Estonia." More: balticbusinessnews.com - Tallinn-Istanbul direct line to open in spring C ontact The press is the nation's shared voice. ...

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  19. Georgia destroys Soviet monument, offends RussiaRead the original story

    Thursday Dec 17 | EurActiv.com

    ... assault by US ally Georgia on the breakaway pro-Russian region of South Ossetia. The monument dispute has echoes of Estonia in 2007, when Russia reacted furiously to the removal of a statue of a Soviet Red Army soldier in the capital Tallinn. ...

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    Related Topix: World News, Asia, Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili, Tbilisi, Georgia, Vladimir Putin, Kutaisi, Georgia

  20. City of Tallinn approves 2010 budget, with sales and boat tax 1%Read the original story

    Friday Dec 18 | City Paper's Baltics Worldwide

    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 . Estonian soldier killed in Afghanistan

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