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US embassy to join Estonian garbage collection campaign

TALLINN, Apr 09, BNS – The embassy of the United States said that it would accede to the Estonian garbage collection campaign to take place at the beginning of May....

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Visa-free travel to US will come this year or never – Estonian MP

TALLINN, Apr 03, BNS – Estonia will join the US visa waiver program this year or never, a Reformist member of parliament believes. Estonia and half a dozen or so...

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UN special rapporteur recognizes tolerance of Estonian society

TALLINN, Mar 19, BNS – Doudou Diene, special rapporteur of the United Nations on racial discrimination, who provoked contradictory opinions with his views last fall, expressed satisfaction with the strong...

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US police catch Estonian sailor’s kidnapper

PHILADELPHIA, Mar 18, BNS – The police in Philadelphia in the United States Monday detained a man who kidnapped an Estonian sailor; the police is still looking for his accomplice....

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Study: Estonia ranks third in the world by success of transformation

TALLINN, Feb 18, BNS – Estonia ranks third in the world after the Czech Republic and Slovenia according to the Bertelsmann Transfarmation Index. Germany’s Bertelsmann Fund studied the success of...

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US may drop visa requirements for citizens of Estonia

PRAGUE, Feb 06, BNS – The United States is likely to drop visa requirements for citizens of the Czech Republic, Estonia and Greece this year, the Associated Press reported a...

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West must not give up Afghanistan as hopeless

TALLINN, Feb 06, BNS – Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves said the international community had to continue supporting the reconstruction of Afghanistan. During their meeting Wednesday in Tallinn Afghanistani Defense...

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US president congratualtes Baltic nations on 10th anniversary of US-Baltic Charter

RIGA-TALLINN, Jan 16, BNS – US President George W. Bush congratulated the Baltic nations with the 10th anniversary of the US-Baltic Charter. “On this occasion, we appreciate the peoples of...

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Turn of tide in War of Independence of 1918-20 marked in Estonia

KEHRA, Estonia, Jan 04, BNS – The battle that turned the tide in the Estonian War of Independence of 1918-20 was remembered in Kehra near Tallinn at noon on Friday,...

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Symbol of Estonians’ resistance to be put up in Tallinn by August 23

TALLINN, Dec 10, BNS – The Estonian Reserve Officers Association is planning to put up a nearly five meter glass monument in front of the building of the Foreign Ministry...

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