There were many reasons why people all over Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania took part in the Baltic Way, but for eight-year-old Anne-Marie Riitsaar, one of the biggest reasons was bananas.
Category: Society
Baltic Times: The KGB’s 23rd floor in Tallinn’s Hotell Viru
For almost 20 years the 23rd floor of Tallinn’s city centre Hotell Viru functioned as the radio translation room for the KGB. After the Soviet Union collapsed and the room was discovered, it was left alone completely intact until five years ago, when it was turned into a museum.
Deep Baltic: A Ghost Town Unsuitable for Humans – Patarei Sea Fortress
On long, clear summer nights when the sun sets for only a few hours – and even when it doesn’t at all – crowds of tourists and young people gather at the Linnahall to watch the sunset.
Baltic Times: Awkward start for same-sex couples law
Same-sex couples in Estonia are being advised not to register their relationships after a new law came into effect at the start of the year due to legal loopholes not being closed, leaving LGBT groups concerned the legislation will now be totally annulled.
Baltic Times: Estonia’s Muslims criticise burqa ban plans
Muslims have hit back over plans to introduce a burqa ban in Estonia by saying that politicians should have more important things to discuss, as there are no women wearing full face veils that they know of in the country.
Deep Baltic: Split By a Border and Fading Fast – Estonia’s Unique Seto People
For Estonia’s Setos, it wasn’t the Soviet Union’s Iron Curtain that split their community in two – but the border Estonia built to keep the Russian’s out.
Estonian World: Week of Seto culture takes place in Paris
A week of events about the traditions of the Estonian Seto community will take place in Paris this week – the first event of its kind to ever happen in France.
Baltic Times: Narva taxi drivers protest Estonian language requirements
NARVA - Taxi drivers in the eastern Estonian border town of Narva held a protest on Saturday against new regulations requiring them to learn a higher level of Estonian, and have sent a petition to the European Parliament.
ERR News: Government gifts newborns books to motivate reading
All babies born in Estonia in 2015 and onwards will receive a book from the government to encourage their parents to read to them.
ERR News: Estonia equally split on equal rights for gay couples, poll finds
Estonians are split almost 50-50 on whether same sex couples should have the same rights as heterosexual couples, a new poll has found, which makes the country the most LGBT friendly in the Baltics.
Helen Wright 