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International conference to discuss youth’s role i...
International conference to discuss youth’s role in society
TALLINN - The future of Estonia, as well as for Europe, depends on its youth. It is for this reason that it is important to recognize young people, as well as to support and encourage them to put their potential to use. This is also to establish opportunities for an effective and mutually considerate collaboration between various social institutions, young people and youth work leaders. The aim of the conference called ‘The Opportunities and Challenges of Youth Participation,’ which will take place from Nov. 21 – 22, aims to bring together various youth work leaders as well as representative...  Full story...
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 Nov 04, 2009 - Men still on top in latest gender study...
Men still on top in latest gender study
TALLINN - According to the World Economic Forum Gender Gap Report for 2009, women earn 40 percent less, on average, in comparison with men in doing the same job in Estonia. The latest statistics showed that Estonia ranks 98th for wage equality for similar work among 134 countries which were surveyed for the report. The report measures the size of the gap between women and men in five critical ...
 Oct 28, 2009 - Missing sub resurfaces after 90 years...
Missing sub resurfaces after 90 years
TALLINN - A British submarine which was lost in action over 90 years ago in the Baltic sea has just been found. The submarine HMS E18, taking part in an extraordinary naval operation authorized by Winston Churchill at the outbreak of the First World War never returned from a routine patrol in May 1916. As no one witnessed her sinking, no trace was ever found – until now. The submarine was one of...
 Oct 21, 2009 - Pharmacies face closure under new law...
Pharmacies face closure under new law
TALLINN - According to a study by Faktum & Ariko, completed in September, the decision now under discussion in the Riigikogu, which would allow for the sale of pharmaceuticals, or medicines, in shops, supermarkets and department stores would endanger the business of 90 percent of district pharmacies, with only 3 percent able to manage the change effectively. Today district pharmacies are f...
 Oct 14, 2009 - NATO chief arrives to discuss alliance’s new strat...
NATO chief arrives to discuss alliance’s new strategy
TALLINN - Estonia’s President Toomas Hendrik Ilves’s meeting on Oct. 8 with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen centered on discussions of the alliance’s operations in Afghanistan and the topic of collective defense. “In the course of the Afghanistan operation and in directing it onto the path of success, all of us, i.e. NATO and the alliance’s partners, must demonstrate patience, resolve...
 Oct 07, 2009 - Foreign Ministry strengthens Southern ties ...
Foreign Ministry strengthens Southern ties
TALLINN - Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Paet signed an agreement for the protection of investments between Estonia and the Kingdom of Morocco while in attendance at the UN General Assembly in New York in September. He also established diplomatic relations with Mozambique, signing a joint communique with the Foreign Minister, Oldemiro Baloi. While signing the agreement for the protection of i...
 Nov 11, 2009 - Eesti in brief...
Estonian Defense Forces commander-in-chief Ants Laaneots said that an Estonian-U.S. joint exercise will take place next summer, in the course of which...
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TALLINN - On Nov. 6, the conference ‘History and culture, united or separated’ took place in the conference hall of the National Library in Tallinn, w...
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At their meeting on Oct. 30, President Toomas Hendrik Ilves and European Ombudsman Nikiforos Diamandouros discussed the need to guarantee greater tran...
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 Oct 21, 2009 - New energy ideas power discus...
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