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Leaders convene in Tallinn for Council of Europe conference

May 31, 2006
By Joel Alas

STRAIGHT TALKER: Borrell isn’t afraid to point out Estonia’s problems and opened the meeting with a discussion on the Bronze Soldier.
TALLINN - Hundreds of politicians converged in Tallinn this week for the bi-annual Council of Europe conference of parliamentary chairmen. More than 313 members from 45 countries met at the Kumu Art Museum on May 30 and 31 to discuss building bridges between national parliaments. President of the European Parliament Josep Borrell opened the meeting, and expressed hope that Estonia would resolve the cultural conflicts that had led to tensions over the Bronze Soldier monument.Speaking ahead of the ...

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