Dulamsuren Ganbaatar tucks her red hair behind her ear and thinks before answering my question: should criminals who smuggle fossils and dinosaur bones out of Mongolia receive tougher punishments?
Tag: Heritage
Baltic Times: Estonia – A nation shaped by the sea
TALLINN - Estonia’s maritime connections, traditions, and history will be explored in a series of events throughout 2016 after the Ministry of Culture chose the country’s seaside heritage as its annual theme.
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.
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.
ERR News: Plaque unveiled in Oslo to remember Estonia’s exiled government
A blue plaque to mark the inauguration of the Estonian government in exile in 1950s was unveiled last week in Oslo.
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.
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: 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.
Helen Wright 