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Dec 2, 2010 - While visiting the US Cyber Comand on December 1, Minister of Defence Jaak Aaviksoo stated that Estonia can contribute a lot more to the security of NATO and its allies in the field of cyber security than its size suggests.In Ft. George Meade Aaviksoo met with...

ERR News - Estonian-born sumo celebrity Baruto, or Kaido Höövelson, said that despite thinking in Japanese, he often misses the unceremonious life of an ordinary person, which he intends to reclaim at the family's country cottage  during the holidays.Baruto said his celebrity status in Japan is not easy to bear....

ERR News - Estonian go-vernment has approved the Estonain renewable energy activity plan up to 2020, increasing the percentage of renewables by one-quarter of total energy consumption. Minister of Economic Affairs and Communications Juhan Parts pledges that the country wlll fulfill its obligations to the European Union. The interim target...

ERR News - A film by Estonian director Tanel Toom has made the list of 10 films still in the running for best short film at next year's Academy Awards."The Confession," a tragic story of a nine-year-old and a prank gone wrong, was one of 76 films submitted for the...

19 November (BNS) - Audiovisual heritage held in the archives of the Estonian Public Broadcasting Company, ERR, can be accessed over the internet since Friday, 19 November.The materials can be accessed via the web page arhiiv.err.ee, spokespeople for ERR said. Web-based access to the audio and video archives has been...

ERR News - The Central Union of Estonian Farmers is protesting reforms in a new traffic law that would prohibit children from driving their parents tractors on farms.Specifically, the measure requires driver's licenses even when operating a tractor on private property. "This reform would take away the legal right for...

ERR News - According to research by Pricewater-houseCoopers and the World Bank published November 19, Estonia has risen from 38th to 30th overall in the rankings for the ease of paying taxes.The comprehensive international study Paying Taxes 2011 allows the taxation system to be assessed from a number of aspects....

ERR News - The Ministry of the Environment has been approached with a request to extend the deer hunting season for does and calves well into the new year to control growing populations of red deer on the Western Estonian islands, which are often considered a nuisance.Currently deer season opens...

Tallinn, Stenbock House, 22 November  – In association with the City of Tallinn and the Tallinn 2011 foundation, the state is inviting everyone to join in the celebrations marking the arrival of the single currency and the title of European Capital of Culture on Theatre Square in front of the...

Every hour I hear blasting on the local Estonian Television stations, “Borrowing time is here again!” The holiday season is traditionally a time for giving, but these SMS loans are a form of legal stealing. The thought of people still naïve enough to get even more into debt that way...