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Residents Of Tallinn Elected Abdul Turay, A Black Briton, To The City Council – A Breakthrough For The Almost Entirely White Baltic Country.   When voters in the tiny country of Estonia, along the Baltic Sea, elected their local representatives on October 20, they made history in more than one...

The fall pet care campaign in Tallinn urged citizens to "KIIBI OR KAOTA" – kiip or lose. The upper text reads Kiip on suureks abiks kaduma läinud kassi leidmisel. – "A kiip is of great help when trying to find a lost cat." The same message is repeated in Russian....

A Seabrook reunion was held at the Golden Nugget in Las Vegas  Oct. 7 - 8, 2013. The reunion was organized and hosted by an active group of Japanese Americans.  The reunion committee included  Fumio Ikeda, Ken and Sally Sasaki, Ann Lowe, Chris Hada, Chiz Hada Sakata, Hide Stevenson, Norman...

In Tallinn to mark Finnair's 90th anniversary, the carrier's vice president of business affairs, Allister Paterson, said he does not predict any vast transformations in the dynamics of the Baltic aviation market. " probably about the same size as now. I don't see any real shrinkage or consolidation," Paterson told...

ERR News - Ex-CEO of Estonian Air, Tero Taskila, said that Estonia lacks many of the necessary criteria for attracting top talent, including infrastructure, wages and leadership skills. Speaking at an Äripäev-organized forum on salaries, Taskila, who recently co-founded a management recruiting company, said that leadership structures in Estonia are...

A two-week visit by Russian food and veterinary inspectors to Estonian fishery and dairy industry companies is currently under way, with experts saying there is no way to predict the results.The Head of the Estonian Veterinary and Food Board Ago Pärtel, who is accompanying the group, told Postimees on  October...

Bottom: Virve Vaher, Sirje Uriko, Mia Tarikas. Top: Helena Otsa, Toomas Kilm, Liisa Sestrich  Photo: Siiri Lind   For 72 years, with generous support from Estonians in the U.S., the Estonian Relief Committee has been helping Estonians that are less fortunate.Earlier this year, members elected the following to the Board...

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A mission to translate the work of Estonia’s most influential poet into English is underway, writes Silver Tambur in an article in estonianworld.com While Estonia has recently become internationally better known for its technological achievements, it has been somewhat slower in showcasing its cultural heritage. Arvo Pärt may well be...

Boston Herald, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013:   When the Soviet Union broke up in 1991, nearly all of its Central Asian “republics” retained their local dictators and even today remain at least politically frozen in time. But on the European side of the vast Soviet empire tiny Estonia grabbed for all...