TALLINN - Lack of pay transparency, reenforcement of stereotypes, and maternity leave are all contributing to Estonia having the highest gender pay gap in the EU, equality campaigners say.
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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: Same sex couple law scrapes past first reading
TALLINN - Estonia’s Implementation Act — which paves the way towards equal rights for the country’s LGBT couples — scraped past its first reading in parliament on Wednesday, Nov. 25 by just one vote.
Baltic Times: Baltics Rally Behind France After Paris Terror Attacks
The pavements in front of the French Embassies in Tallinn, Riga, and Vilnius thronged with thousands of people over the weekend, as politicians and public alike filed past to lay flowers, leave messages, and light candles — a mark of commemoration and respect for the victims of the Paris terror attacks of Friday Nov. 13.… Continue reading Baltic Times: Baltics Rally Behind France After Paris Terror Attacks
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.
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: 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.
ERR News: US will pre-position military equipment in eastern Europe, Defense Secretary Carter announces
American Defense Secretary Ashton Carter announced that the US would ‘pre-position’ a heavy artillery battalion to the Baltics and central Europe, when he visited Tallinn on Victory Day, June 23.
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