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ERR News - Estonian Parliament confirmed the final version of the 2011 national budget with a 55- 32 vote, increasing revenue by 2 percent to 5.7 billion euros.A priority of the budget is education, for which expenditure rose by 8 percent. Costs for defense grew to 1.9 percent of GDP.A...

ERR News - Estonia's first and only food bank-type NGO to feed those in need, founded in March of this year, expanded throughout the country on December 9, when the towns of Narva, Pärnu, Rakvere, Tartu and Jõhvi signed contracts.The Food Bank, run by volunteers, was established by the Sunflower...

ERR News - In coming months, a project of the Central Union of Farmers will introduce organic milk vending machines in shopping centers so that Estonians can fill reusable bottles with unpasteurized milk for a 20 percent price increase.Lithuania is already using similar machines, which originated from Italy and have...

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...

Helikunstnik Leonhard Virkhausi 100. sünniaastapäeva pühitsemine toimub Tartu Jaani kirikus 17. detsembril 2010 kontserdiga "Tiliseb, tiliseb aisakell, Leo Virkhaus 100". Kontserdi nimi viitab jõululaulule, mille looja ta oli. Kontsert tähistab mu isa pikka elutööd heliloojana, dirigendina ja organistina, mis algas Eestis, jätkus Saksamaa pagulaslaagris ja hiljem Ameerika mandril. Esinevad Tartu...

Suured rahvusvahelised filmipeod EestisJuba neliteist korda on aasta kõige pimedal ajal Eestimaad valgustanud filmivalgus. Tänavu küll ka veel lumevalgus. Tallinna Pimedate Ööde Filmifestival (PÖFF) on aasta aastalt aina huvitavam, suurem ja edukam. Sellise edu on toonud Tiina Loki ja tema PÖFFi-meeskonna sõna otseses mõttes ennastsalgav töö, mis kestab PÖFFist PÖFFini....

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...