Lights flashing, engines roaring, a hundred tractors turned heads and stopped traffic in Tallinn's city centre when farmers from all over Estonia took to the streets to protest about a lack of government aid to their struggling industry.
Category: Baltic Times
Baltic Times: 800 Estonian islands sneak onto map
TALLINN - The last generation of Estonian map makers could well be rubbing their eyes in disbelief: they failed to spot more than 800 of Estonia’s islands.
Baltic Times: Estonia and UK react to Russia’s sentencing of Eston Kohver
Abducted security service worker Eston Kohver who was abducted from the Estonian border last year, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison today by a Russian court.
Baltic Times: Striking Estonian kindergarten teachers cycle to the capital
TALLINN - Estonian kindergarten teachers have handed over a petition to Parliament signed by more than 27,000 people after they called for the creation of a national minimum wage.
Baltic Times: Estonia ramps up military activity on this year’s Victory Day
TALLINN - Soldiers marched through the island town of Kardla on Tuesday to celebrate Estonian Victory Day.
Baltic Times: Medieval Ships Uncovered Beneath Tallinn Building Site
TALLINN - The remains of several medieval ships have been uncovered in a residential area of Tallinn by builders constructing new apartment buildings.
Baltic Times: US to position tanks and heavy artillery in Baltics
America will “pre-position” tanks and a heavy artillery battalion in the Baltic States and three other European countries, US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter announced on a two-day visit to Estonia.
Baltic Times: Estonia Commemorates 1941 deportations
TALLINN - Thousands of people across Estonia paid their respects to the memories of more than 10,000 of their fellow countrymen and women, who were deported in 1941 by the Soviets.
Baltic Times: NATO Naval Operation Discovers Shipwrecks From Both World Wars off Estonian Coast
TALLINN - A record number of explosive devices and seven shipwrecks were found off the Estonian coast during this year’s international minehunting exercise, Operation Open Spirit. To read more click here
Helen Wright 