Estonia
How an Italian boy became a ‘happiness coach’
Born in the land of ‘la dolce vita’, Bergamo-born Frank Ra, 32, travelled Europe before publishing a book on happiness. He offers his thoughts on spiritual scepticism, being a former erasmus student or ex-pat and how ‘no place is perfect unless we accept it with all its features’
estonia, italy, depression, health, men and women, expatriates, canada
Estonia: blowing hot and cold in the eurozone
In the midst of the euro crisis Estonia is saying goodbye to its kroon and on 1st January 2011 it introduced the single currency. Given the problems in Ireland, Portugal and Spain, this is one of the few pieces of good news for monetary union this year
estonia, currency, euro, monetary union, baltic republics, economy
Europe 70 years after the outbreak of WWII
The German invasion of Poland seventy years ago on September 1, 1939, marked the start of world war II. The repercussions of the war are still felt across Europe today. The Estonian, Austrian, British and Portuguese media comment
estonia, gdansk, cold war, history, second world war , poland, lech kaczynski
Tallinn: this train stops in Europe
On the border of the Baltic sea, 400, 000 Estonians await imminent recession. They will probably only enter the eurozone in 2011; a get-out-of-jail free card is still far off. Estonia is internet-savvy, an e-health cultivator and big on animated cinema exports, but the European winter threatens to be long. First part of an exclusive monthly series from 'EU Debate on the ground' - this month, five European journalists tackle Tallinn
Estonian view on polluted Baltic Sea
At the end of April Finnish president Tarja Kaarina Halonen sounded the alarm on the risk of the ecological collapse of the Baltic Sea, one of the most polluted in the world. Silver Vahtra, expert from the environment ministry in Tallinn, explains the guidelines of the 2007 Helcom action plan
estonia, environmental protection, environment, ostsee, meer, society, politics
Go out in April: Uppsala, nerds and witches
Enjoy the year's first rays at Walpurgis night in Sweden, a vintage computer festival in Munich or the spring festival in Seville
estonia, university, cinema, liverpool, finland, germany, paris
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