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(BNS) - On Saturday, May 15th, a fish market was opened in the immediate vicinity of the Old Town of Tallinn at the Fishery Port. For the time being it will be open on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The city government said that the aim of the...

14 May (BNS) - New social media mediums have been winning growing support among Estonian MPs and one third of them have Facebook accounts, Esto-nian parliament Speaker Ene Ergma said at a European Union parliament speakers' conference in Stockholm on May 14. Ergma's speech at the conference was on the...

NYE Meeskoori 60. juubel New Yorgi Lexington Ave Kirikus 2. mail 2010 NYE Meeskoori moto peab olema selleks saladuseks, mis garanteerinud koori pikaajalise püsimise ainsa Eesti Meeskoorina Ameerika suurriigis. Truudus, mehemeel, eeskuju ja esiisadelt päritut laulurahva kutsumus on ka nooremaid hääli juurde toonud. Juubeli toimkond oli teinud juubelipäeva väärikaks tähistamiseks oma...

  Eesti muusika “armastuse laulik” maestro Eino Tamberg tähistas 27. mail oma  80. sünnipäeva. Rahvusooper mängis Tambergi juubeli puhul tema kuulsaimat ooperit "Cyrano de Bergerac", vahendas ERR uudised. Eesti muusikat enam kui saja teosega rikastanud helilooja kirjutab endiselt muusikat. "Ma püüan küll praegu kirjutada lihtsalt selles mõttes, et kirjutamine kui...

  As part of the 2010 International VSA Festival, the National Symphonie Orchestra (NSO), conductor Kristjan Järvi, and percussionist Evelyn Glennie perform Tüür's "Magma." The uplifting program also features music from Ellington and Bernstein. AfterWords: On Thursday, June 10, performance at 7 pm is followed by a free discussion with...

FM Review, May 6, - Meeting with executive secretary of the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) Tibor Toth in New York, Foreign Minister Urmas Paet said that Estonia supports the work of the CTBTO in building up a verification regime for nuclear testing. Paet stated that...

Pianist Mihkel Poll in NY Estonian HouseFor music critics, these nights are rather Estonia-shing. On Wednesday (May 5), the Church of Ignatius Loyola performed Arvo Pärt’s Miserere and Beatitudes in the charming Jesuit church. Last night (May 7), in the equally charming, virginal white concert hall of Estonian House, on...

11 May (BNS) - Estonia's Minister of Economic Affairs and Communications Juhan Parts and the European Union co-ordinator for the Rail Baltica project Pavel Telicka agreed at a meeting on May 11, that a passenger train link between Tallinn and Warsaw could realistically be launched within the next few years.Parts...

German investors await an improvement in the economy sector of the three Baltic States and plan further investments in capital and persona this year, as to the yearly survey conducted by the German-Baltic Chamber of Commerce (AHK).“Secure future prospects are positively reflected in plans for investment and employment – more...

Eight other countries still not ready to join the euro area European Commission, May 12, 2010 – Six years after it joined the EU, Estonia meets the requirements for adopting the euro.The commission announced today that it would recommend that EU governments let the country switch to the currency in...