The Latvian state airliner airBaltic is offering a growing number of flights from Tallinn to the same destinations as Estonian Air. The daily Postimees looks on with mixed feelings.
“Of course it warms the heart of a traveller when cheaper airline tickets become available. For that reason it’s also no wonder that airBaltic can announce new [...]
The surprising death of Michael Jackson last Thursday has stirred the world. While the circumstances of his death remain unexplained, the European press comments the worldwide sorrow and the cult surrounding the pop star. Jackson only lived to be 50, but his music moved an entire generation.
Lapin Kansa – Finland | 29/06/2009
The daily Lapin Kansa [...]
You are looking for a sim free phone or a pay monthly phone, for ringtones, games or downloads? Until now travelling downtown or to the mall was your choice of shopping even though then you impossibly could gain an appropiate overview over all products that are of interest. Therefor, you surely intend to save exhausting [...]
Panelists warn of the revival of eugenics under Obama’s modern healthcare through the denial of care to millions who would be judged ‘not fit to live’, just as in Nazi Germany.
Historian Anton Chaitkin also alleges that Ezekiel Emanuel, brother of Rahm Emanuel, in working with Obama, has also called for the Hippocratic oath to be [...]
The daily Kaleva sees the Swedish parliament’s decision to abolish compulsory military service in Sweden as a step towards Nato membership:
“This is a landmark decision that has a direct impact on Sweden’s defence doctrine and defence capacities and an indirect impact on neighbouring territories – above all Finland and the Baltic states. The decision will [...]
India appears to have become a chosen destination for Hollywood and European movie stars, directors, producers, and composers, who are rushing there to shoot films, etc.
Oscar winner Julia Roberts (Pretty Woman), Oscar winner Angelina Jolie (Changeling), Oscar winner Javier Bardem (No Country for Old Men), Oscar winner director Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire), Oscar nominated Sharon [...]
Tallinn — Estonian shipping line Tallink says it will give a lifetime of free travel to a baby born on a passenger ferry en route from Sweden to Estonia.
Spokeswoman Luulea Laane said an Estonian woman gave birth to a girl on the Baltic Queen on June 11 with assistance from the ferry’s doctor and other [...]
An EU summit of the 27 heads of state and government is currently underway in Brussels. The daily Svnska Dagbladet suspects that with regards to the Treaty of Lisbon the Irish call for non-intervention in certain areas will meet with acceptance:
“We guarantee that [the Irish] will not be forced to do what they don’t have [...]
The Midsummer holiday celebrations (Juhannus) begin today Friday in Finland. In view of the fatalities that accompany each year’s celebrations the daily Kaleva urges people to take care.
“Recklessness and the imbibing of huge quantities of alcohol are still a traditional part of Juhannus. The consequences are tragic. A grown person carries the main responsibility for [...]
The news portal Delfi voices scepticism over a new youth protection law passed by the Lithuanian parliament:
“Will this law be ratified by the president? Can practically everything which could harm young souls be censored, including numerous films? One example: the idealisation of crime is to be banned. That means a whole run of films about [...]
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