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Crime rate falling despite troubled times
Crime rate falling despite troubled times
TALLINN - Evidence that Estonia is becoming a more civilized and safer place to live was produced on Jan. 12 when a summary of crime statistics for 2009 was introduced at the Ministry of Justice, which showed that the number of criminal offenses registered in Estonia dropped by 5.1 percent. According to the Deputy Secretary General of the Ministry of Justice, Heili Sepp, these numbers primarily represent the number of violent crimes and traffic offenses. “The number of traffic offenses decreased already for the second year in the row; the decrease in the number of violent crimes, howe...  Full story...
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 Jan 27, 2010 - Relief effort continues in Haiti disaster...
Relief effort continues in Haiti disaster
TALLINN - At the request of the UN Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Estonia will be sending supplies to the humanitarian operations information center in the Haiti relief effort. Foreign Minister Urmas Paet says that Estonia will be sending two 45 m2 tents with floors, furniture and lighting to the disaster zone. “These Estonian tents are needed to provide the aid ...
 Jan 20, 2010 - Estonia rushes to aid Haitian victims...
Estonia rushes to aid Haitian victims
TALLINN - The entire international community has rushed to the aid of Haiti, which is suffering in the aftermath of a powerful earthquake. International organizations have launched extensive aid operations in Haiti. The victims of the earthquake are lacking in medical supplies, food and drinking water, and thousands remain without shelter. Access to the disaster zone is also difficult. Haiti ne...
 Jan 13, 2010 - Camphuysen painting comes home to roost...
Camphuysen painting comes home to roost
TALLINN - The Art Museum of Estonia, which has been collecting, preserving and developing Estonian visual culture for decades, celebrates its 90th anniversary this year. Foreign Minister Urmas Paet has presented the museum with an oil painting by Dutch artist Govert Dircksz Camphuysen (1624-1672), entitled “Chicken in its nest,” in honor of the museum’s anniversary. Previously...
 Jan 06, 2010 - Foreclosures rise in wake of high unemployment...
Foreclosures rise in wake of high unemployment
TALLINN - Home foreclosures have hit the 500 level in Estonia for 2009, according to the latest statistics. This means that more than 500 homes have been repossessed in 2009 due to unpaid mortgages, a number more than twice the amount in 2008. Hundreds of individuals and families have been forced to move out of homes as banks have moved in to take over delinquent properties. The banks have p...
 Dec 17, 2009 - Opposition falls in line to agree on common goal...
Opposition falls in line to agree on common goal
TALLINN - Estonia’s parliament backed the 2010 budget in the final reading on Dec. 9, adopting the document with its planned public sector deficit of 2.8 percent of gross domestic product for next year, reports postimees.ee. This leaves Finance Minister Jurgen Ligi upbeat on meeting the euro entry criteria. The 2010 budget passed with 55 votes in favor and 39 votes against in the 101-memb...
 Feb 03, 2010 - Eesti in brief...
Estonia’s junior coalition party, Isamaa ja Res Publica Liit, plans to block proposals by Prime Minister Andrus Ansip’s Reform Party to...
 Feb 03, 2010 - Airline employees face drastic...
TALLINN - Estonian Air recently announced its decision to lower the wages of its pilots and its flight attendants by one third. As reported by Arip...
 Jan 27, 2010 - Eesti in brief...
Although the problem concerning overdue mortgage repayments seems to be under control in Estonia, between 500 and 700 families could still lose the...
 Jan 27, 2010 - Tallinn makes most intelligent...
TALLINN - The Intelligent Community Forum has announced its eagerly-awaited list of the Smart21 Communities of 2010. The Intelligent Community Foru...
 Jan 20, 2010 - Despite rising unemployment, b...
TALLINN - The latest statistics show that up to 40 percent of the registered unemployed, about 35,000 people, will not receive benefits or services...
 Jan 20, 2010 - Eesti in brief...
The results of an annually held tourism campaign in St. Petersburg, Russia, organized by Enterprise Estonia, shows that Estonia has become an incre...
 Jan 13, 2010 - Eesti in brief...
Estonia’s government adopted the business policy implementation plan for Estonia for the year 2010, writes Aripaev.ee/LETA. According to the ...
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