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GE (NYSE: GE) has announced the opening of the 45 MW Paldiski Wind Farm on the Pakri peninsula in north western Estonia in a ceremony attended by facility owners Eesti Energia and Nelja Energia. With 18 GE 2.5-100 wind turbines, the Paldiski Wind Farm marks the commercial debut of the...

ERR News - The Estonian Internal Security Service (KaPo) has detained one of its own former officials, Vladimir Veitman, whom the agency suspects of having gathered classified information for years on behalf of a Russian intelligence service.Detained on Wednesday, August 7, the former KGB official joined the Estonian intelligence service...

Kristiina Ehin and her husband musician Silver Sepp will be travelling to the US and Canada for four weeks in September and October to present their work. Public appearances have so far been planned at: - Toronto Tartu College, seminar and reading/concert, September 20- Grolier Poetry Bookshop, Cambridge, Mass., Friday,...

by Ben Rooney The tiny state of Estonia, one of Europe's smallest, might be the role model for what a technology-enabled country looks like in the 21st century.Estonia, population just 1.29 million, is well known as punching considerably above its weight as a startup champion - it was the birthplace...

I have been playing golf in Estonia every year now for about the last 20 years and witnessed its development. I spend my summers in Estonia and winters in Florida. There are now six high quality courses for you to enjoy and more are being built. These courses offer a...

ERR News - “In and Out of Estonia's Doors,” a new book by the University of Tartu's ethics center, describes the emergence of a new generation of people living abroad who have Estonian roots but no longer have ties to Estonian culture or language.One of the project's initiators, the ethics...

BNS - Amendments to the Estonian Aliens Act that stepped into effect from Sept. 1 make it simpler for foreign top specialists, scientists, university teachers and students to take up employment or studies in Estonia. "All the amendments that entered into force are positive for foreigners and the people who...

ERR News - The Institute of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences of the Estonian University of Life Sciences is to hold a public seminar today to mark the birth of the first transgenic calf in Estonia.In addition to presenting the transgenic calf named Juuni (June in English), the seminar will...

Schibsted Media Group has agreed on selling the Baltic operations in Eesti Meedia (EM) to a group formed by management of EM. The group is supported financially by local Estonian investors, headed by Margus Linnamäe, says the company’s press release. - Schibsted has owned Eesti Meedia for 15 years, since...

Baruto (Kaido Höövelson).    Photo by ERR   ERR News - Estonia's only professional sumo wrestler, Kaido Höövelson, aka Baruto, has unexpectedly announced that he is retiring from the sport.The 28-year-old said the decision was motivated by a knee injury that has turned out to be more serious than originally thought,...