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Sauna, an A-level in drinking beer: my erasmus semester in Tampere, Finland

('Ellie Banks',) — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:00:00 -0000

Scandinavia is continuously highly rated in the Pisa classifications, and in between reindeers and Santa Claus, I recommend you all spend an erasmus semester in Tampere

Bronze Soldier and Russian minority in Tallinn: ‘it’s complicated’

('Filip Jurzyk',) — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 13:02:26 -0000

In April 2007 the soviet statue was uprooted from Tallinn’s city centre. It angered the Russian-speaking minority, a third of the population. Have lessons been learnt one and a half years on? Investigation

Estonians feel recession, but there's a euro at the end of the tunnel

('Susannah Readett-Bayley',) — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:00:00 -0000

‘We have been too optimistic’ - a gentle landing was predicted for Estonia’s 2011 entry into the Eurozone, but the economy is entering turbulent times following its exponential growth. Interview macro-economic expert in Tallinn

Photos: 111 000 Russians in Estonia

('Nabeelah Shabbir',) — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 12:00:00 -0000

Beyond the historic gates of the old town, around the commercial centres, behind the motorways - the Russian-speaking minority mill on with life in the district of Lasnamaï in Tallinn. Photo feature

Animated Dreams in Tallinn: film articulates art and the market

('Matthew Pagett',) — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 11:00:00 -0000

While the older generation of illustrators, working from former soviet studios, export their art thanks to public financing, the younger ones attempt to reconcile artistic creation and getting paid. The local festival kicked off on 19 November

Youth in Estonia: no country for student activists

('Helen Swain',) — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 10:00:00 -0000

Talking politics to Estonians is more likely to make the temperature drop than the Baltic chill, whilst Europe is remote from students' daily concerns

Go out in April: Uppsala, nerds and witches

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 12:00:00 -0000

Enjoy the year's first rays at Walpurgis night in Sweden, a vintage computer festival in Munich or the spring festival in Seville

Headscarfs from Europe's presidents on Mars

('Martyn Hawkins',) — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 12:00:00 -0000

Are you waiting for the snow in Tallinn? Bothered about a piece of cloth in Turkey? Or taking a politics lesson with McCain? The latest news from our babelblogs

Estonian, language of the future?

('Nabeelah Shabbir',) — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 12:00:00 -0000

From September 2007, the Russian minority have to officially learn Estonian in secondary schools - Irene Kaosaar, the head of linguistic minorities, on a 'transition' not a 'reform'

Internet mad e-stonia

('Nabeelah Shabbir',) — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 07:18:00 -0000

A toy airport, a medieval city centre with little wood houses and a maritime city which is completely internet savvy

Tallinn 2011: fairytales spin gold

('Nabeelah Shabbir',) — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 12:00:00 -0000

Estonia is determined to present Tallinn as a dynamic culture capital when it assumes the title in 2011 – even with a grouchy Europe

Estonian economy: between crash landing and Baltic summer

('Kate Martin',) — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 12:00:00 -0000

11% growth, 4.5% unemployment and a lot of liberalism: how the Baltic Tiger catches investors. Inflation means the euro won't be in place before 2012

Citizenship: undefined

Wed, 12 Sep 2007 12:00:00 -0000

A modern, progressive EU member state divided by the linguistic, cultural and educational differences between the Estonians and the Russian minority

Risk factor 'boomtown'

Wed, 12 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0000

Liberal reforms over the past decade have catapulted Estonia into one of the fastest-growing market economies of the European Union. But can the Baltic tiger keep up on the social agenda?

Energy - new Russian missile?

Tue, 29 May 2007 03:45:00 -0000

As it plays an increasingly larger role in the relationship between Russia and its neighbours, is energy supply a way of seeing who is in control of the region?

Europe-tripping: Christmas at the markets

Fri, 08 Dec 2006 00:00:00 -0000

If you have time to kill and money to burn, take a look around Europe’s Christmas markets – there’s so much more than mulled wine and cold feet