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Silja Europa   Photo: http://en.wikipedia.org   Estonian listed ferry group Tallink and Bridgemans Services Ltd. have entered into a charter agreement to charter Tallink's cruise ferry Silja Europa to Australia from August 2014 as an accommodation vessel. The period of the charter is at least 14 months with an option to...

Sten Tamkivi   Photo: http://www.slush.org   While in its early days, Skype - the symbol of Estonia’s information technology capacity - was attracting information technology professionals as a magnet, its attraction has recently been eroding, writes Eesti Päevaleht.. Over the last few years several key employees of Skype have left the...

UNHCR Senior Regional External Relations Officer in the Baltic States and Nordic Countries Markku Aikomus said that it is urgently needed for Estonia to admit more refugees into the country, reports Eesti Päevaleht. He explained that while countries surrounding global conflict areas are overburdened with refugees, Estonia has granted asylum...

On the page www.facebook.com/veebikonsul, officials from the Foreign Ministry’s consular department share information regarding travel and consular services and answer questions. In a crisis situation the page will be used to provide updates and advice. Foreign Minister Urmas Paet stated that virtual environments allow the state to converse with its...

ERR News  – Estonian Public Broadcasting has rejected an offer from a Ukrainian TV channel to broadcast its news on ETV, preferring to use clips from the channel as part of its own news broadcasts. TV5, which belongs to Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, offered a number of foreign TV stations...

Suddenly A Tiny Country Feels Like A Very Big Place   Estonian Choir from Seattle marching in Song Festival Parade in Tallinn.     Photo by VES   Estonians say that everything changes in Tallinn during the week of the quintennial song and dance festival that everyone calls Laulupidu.   This  northern...

TALLINN, Estonia — In a sea of embroidered regional costumes and blue, black and white flags, more than 20,000 choral singers recently filled the stage of an amphitheater here, cheering their conductors and composers as though they were rock stars. The scene was part of the Estonian song and dance...

ERR News - A few weeks after British billionaire Richard Branson made an 18.5-million-euro investment into the Estonian-founded business Transfer-Wise, Äripäev reported that Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has invested in 3D Control Systems, which also has Estonian roots. The company, which has its R&D center in Tallinn, is developing cloud...