Offers to help refugees in Estonia have “sky-rocketed” after an arson attack at the country's only immigration center two weeks ago, the head of the Estonian Refugee Council said.
Tag: Estonia
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.
Estonian World: The secrets of the success behind Tallinn’s Depeche Mode bar
There are a lot of bars in Tallinn’s Old Town lining the cobbled medieval streets and squares, but one of the most surprising has to be the Depeche Mode-themed DM Bar tucked behind Town Hall Square.
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.
ERR News: EU supports Estonia with 35 million euros to improve borders and surveillance
Estonia will receive more than 35 million euros from The European Commission to make the country's borders more secure over the next five years.
ERR News: Medieval objects found in Tallinn building site ships
Cooking pots, barrels and clothes have been pulled from the wreckage of three medieval ships uncovered in a Tallinn building site.
ERR News: Report highlights concerns about Estonia breaching human rights obligations
Concerns have been raised by a new report that Estonia is breaching its human rights obligations for the LGBT community, the stateless, refugees and asylum seekers, and restricts the use of Russian language.
ERR News: Estonian Jewish population stable despite global increase
New figures show that the global Jewish population has risen to almost the same size as it was pre-Holocaust, but in Estonia that level sits at less than 50 percent of what it was in 1939.
ERR News: Ramadan in Estonia – how do Muslims fast when the sun barely sets?
Currently millions of Muslims throughout the world are celebrating the month of Ramadan, fasting from sunrise to sunset. But how do Estonian Muslims cope when they only have four hours or darkness each day?
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.
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