Aasu, Estonia, village in Haljala Parish, Lääne-Viru County, Estonia
AKRAK (full name: Anomaalsete Keskkonnanähtuste Registreerimise ja Analüüsi Komisjon) was a commission, set up by Igor Volke in 1986 collecting reports of anomalous environmental phenomena, particularly UFO reports, throughout Estonia.
Arase, Estonia, village in Halinga Parish, Pärnu County, Estonia
Arava, Estonia, a village in Anija Commune, Harju County, Estonia.
The Archimedes Foundation is an independent body established by the Estonian government in 1997 with the objective to coordinate and implement different international and national programmes and projects in the field of training, education, research, technological development and innovation.
Edise, Estonia, village in Jõhvi Parish, Ida-Viru County, Estonia
Enge, Estonia, village in Halinga Parish, Pärnu County, Estonia
The main speakers at the annual symposium "Quo vadis Estonia?" were the President of Estonia, Toomas Hendrik Ilves; Stanford University Professor Dr. James S. Fishkin and CEO of Ericsson Mr. Hans Vestberg.
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The friends of Estonia were hosted by President Toomas Hendrik Ilves, Prime Minister Andrus Ansip, Enterprise Estonia Chairman of the Board Ülari Alamets, and businessman and honorary counsel of Morocco in Estonia Margus Reinsalu.
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The traditional concert by the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra (ESSO) led by conductor Anu Tali took place on July 4th, the Friends of Estonia also met with Prime Minister Andrus Ansip and were received in the Oandu watermill by entrepreneur Margus Reinsalu.
European Master in Interactive Multimedia (EMIM) is a partnership between five institutions of higher learning in Europe: Babeş-Bolyai University in Romania, ITIN in France, Staffordshire University in United Kingdom, Tallinn University in Estonia and Yeditepe University in Turkey.
On 22 June 1941 Vetehinen laid 20 mines north of Kunda, and a further 17 mines on 28 June between Gogland and Bolshoy Tyuters.
Fraternitas Liviensis (also Korp! Fraternitas Liviensis) is an all-male academic corporation in Estonia.
Healthcare in Estonia is supervised by the Ministry of Social Affairs and funded by general taxation through the National Health Service.
Kalma, Estonia, village in Orissaare Parish, Saare County, Estonia
:for the village in Estonia see Kandla, Estonia.
Kelluke ("Little bell", originally named after a Campanula) is a clear and lime-flavoured non-alcoholic soft drink produced by A. Le Coq (formerly and colloquially known as Tartu Õlletehas (Tartu Brewery)) in Estonia.
Kobela, Estonia, settlement in Antsla Parish, Võru County, Estonia
Korporatsioon Revelia (also Korp! Revelia) is an all-male fraternity in Estonia.
Kulina, Estonia, village in Vinni Parish, Lääne-Viru County, Estonia
Mahu, Estonia, village in Viru-Nigula Parish, Lääne-Viru County, Estonia
Marna, Estonia, village in Pärsti Parish, Viljandi County, Estonia
Moori, Estonia, village in Saarepeedi Parish, Viljandi County, Estonia
Noonu, Estonia, a village in Vihula PArish, Lääne-Viru County, Estonia
Launched on February 6, 2006, Noored Kooli aims to place 10-15 exceptional Estonian graduates into the schools that need them the most for a minimum of 2 years.
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Noored Kooli (Estonian for Young people to schools) is a solution to address the critical teacher shortage in Estonia, drawing inspiration from a similar scheme, Teach First, in the United Kingdom.
Pada, Estonia, village in Viru-Nigula Parish, Lääne-Viru County, Estonia
Risti, Estonia, small borough in Risti Parish, Lääne County, Estonia
Salda, Estonia, village in Kadrina Parish, Lääne-Viru County, Estonia
Samma, Estonia, a village in Viru-Nigula Parish, Lääne-Viru County, in northeastern Estonia
Soomra, Estonia, village in Audru Parish, Pärnu County, in southwestern Estonia
Tammela, Estonia, a village in Pühalepa Parish, Hiiu County, Estonia
Tipu, Estonia, a village in Kõpu Parish, Viljandi County, Estonia
The Unitas Foundation is an Estonian-based apolitical and supranational foundation that focuses its activities on engaging youth, supporting researchers and public awareness of mainly historical and social issues.
Viik is a surname of both Finnish and Estonian origin.
Virve, Estonia, village in Kuusalu Parish, Harju County, Estonia
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20 Min Holding's majority stockholder is Schibsted, a Norwegian communication group that was founded in 1839, listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange, and has a strong presence in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland, Estonia, Finland, France, and Spain, where it is the owner of both paid and free newspapers, television stations, radio stations, multimedia, etc.
He came from a Baltic German noble family descended from the Swedish aristocratic family von Kaulbars of Swedish origin, which remained in Estonia after the country was ceded to Russia.
In order to escape the attention of the public, the mother and son returned to Estonia where they settled at the Pööravere Mansion.
In addition Allan Murdmaa has designed numerous monuments across Estonia - monuments of Amandus Adamson, Eduard Vilde, Heino Eller and Oskar Luts, the obelisk of the Tehumardi battle, the memorial of the victims of Stalinist Terror in Rakvere and the memorial of Maarjamäe.
Production of Friedrich Dürrenmatt's Play Strindberg went to Belgium, Estonia and Lithuania, Sławomir Mrożek's At Sea travelled to Denmark, Iceland and Lithuania, Inga Abele's Dzelzzāle (Iron Weed) had its premiere in Copenhagen, Denmark.
At the age of three Marta was taken by an aunt and sent to Marienburg (the present-day Alūksne in Latvia, near the border with Estonia and Russia) where she was raised by Johann Ernst Glück, a Lutheran pastor and educator who was the first to translate the Bible into Latvian.
Charles Church (Estonian: Kaarli kirik) is a Lutheran church in Tallinn, Estonia, built 1862-1870 to plans by Otto Pius Hippius.
Literary historian John Neubauer described it as part of late 19th century "populist strains" in the literature of East-Central Europe, in close connection to the agrarianist Głos magazine (published in Congress Poland) and with the ideas of Estonian cultural activists Jaan Tõnisson and Villem Reiman.
Christfried Burmeister (later Christfried Puurmeister, 26 May 1898 in Tallinn, Estonia – 12 July 1965 in Bradford, England) was an Estonian speed skater who competed in the 1928 Winter Olympics.
Edgar Johan Kuusik (February 22, 1888 in Valgjärve, Estonia - August 3, 1974 in Tallinn, Estonia) was an Estonian architect (mostly freelance) and furniture and interior designer.
On 9 September 2009, the stadium hosted the Spanish national team as they defeated Estonia 3-0 to qualify for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, which they went on to win.
Estonia came through Europe/Africa Zone Group I and then edged Israel in a World Group II Play-off to qualify for World Group II for the first time just a year after promotion from Group II.
The Estonia Piano Factory was founded in 1950 by Ernst Hiis in Tallinn, Estonia.
Apart from these many Indian students and researchers are working currently in University of Tartu and Tallinn University of Technology.
Will Kymlicka regards Estonia as a democracy, stressing the peculiar status of Russian-speakers, stemming from being at once partly transients, partly immigrants and partly natives.
Grigori Kromanov (8 March 1926 in Tallinn – 18 July 1984 in Lahe, Lääne-Virumaa) was an Estonian theatre and film director.
In terms of political affiliations, Naan remained a staunch supporter of the communist system and was a devote opponent of Estonia's pro-independence movement; Naan supported the (pro-Moscow) Internationalist Movement.
Hillar Rootare is the nephew of Estonian chess player Vidrik Rootare, several of whose games against the world-renowned International Grand Master Paul Keres are published among Keres's most interesting games, and of Salme Rootare, a Women's International Master in chess, and 15-time Estonian women's chess champion, who once finished third in the world chess championship competition (1959).
Many republics with parliamentary systems elect their president indirectly (Germany, Italy, Estonia, Latvia, Hungary, India, Israel).
Ivar Vidrik Ivask (December 17, 1927 Riga – September 23, 1992 Fountainstown, Ireland) was an Estonian poet and literary scholar.
Ivan Müller, sometimes spelled Iwan Mueller (1786 Reval, Estonia–1854 Bückeburg), was a clarinetist, composer and inventor who at the beginning of the 19th century was responsible for a major step forward in the development of the clarinet, the air-tight pad.
As a backing vocalist, Vilgats often supports different pop acts of Estonia, such as Anne Veski, Ivo Linna or Maarja to name a few.
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We are Family, released in 2003 as a cooperation of many a popular vocalist of Estonia, such as Nele-Liis Vaiksoo.
Kalana, Jõgeva County, village in Pajusi Parish, Jõgeva County, Estonia
Nikolai Novosjolov (born 9 June 1980) is an Estonian fencer, a two-time world champion in men's épée, winning gold at the 2010 World Championships in Paris and the 2013 World Championships in Budapest.
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He was also a member of the Estonia team that won the silver medal in men's team épée at the 2001 World Championships in Nîmes.
During 1946–1952, a marine variety of Dictyonema shale was used for uranium production in Sillamäe, Estonia, and during 1950–1989 alum shale was used in Sweden for the same purpose.
Pallika, Pärnu County, village in Halinga Parish, Pärnu County, Estonia
Patika, Lääne-Viru County, village in Tapa Parish, Lääne-Viru County, Estonia
Pearn P. Niiler (1937, Tartu, Estonia, died October 15, 2010, San Diego) - American oceanographer.
Several cities in Estonia, particularly those whose histories trace to the Hanseatic era, call their city councils raad and their houses raekoda.
Risti, Hiiu County, village in Kõrgessaare Parish, Hiiu County, Estonia
Eha Rünne, female shot putter and discus thrower from Estonia
He married Vappu Illike Tuomioja (née Wuolijoki), daughter of Estonian-born writer Hella Wuolijoki.
The Salme ships are two pre-Viking era clinker-built ships that were discovered in 2008 near Salme village in Saaremaa, Estonia.
Savala, village in Maidla Parish, Ida-Viru County, Estonia
In early 1944 VLIK sent colonel Kazimieras Amraziejus on a mission to Stockholm, but he was captured and interrogated by the Gestapo in Estonia.
In the 2007 keynote speech, Hillar Aarelaid, the manager of CERT-EE analyzed the attacks and defense in the massive online attacks that were launched against Estonia in April and May 2007.
The story is well known in Estonia; it is also part of the movie August, 1991 and is mentioned at length in the documentary The Singing Revolution.
Estonia's only navigable river, River Emajõgi (100 km long), flows through the county, connecting Lake Peipsi and Lake Võrtsjärv.
Tarva, Halinga Parish, village in Halinga Parish, Pärnu County, Estonia
In 1821, the German–Estonian physicist Thomas Johann Seebeck discovered that when any conductor is subjected to a thermal gradient, it will generate a voltage.
From 1992 to 1993 Viola von Cramon was an Erasmus Scholar at Wye College in Kent Country followed by the Language and Study visit to Russia in 1993, traineeship in Voronezh and Belgorod within the World Bank Feasibility study project in 1994 and Study visit to Estonia in 1995.
The university was founded in 1918, when some staff, students and property from the University of Tartu were transferred by the Soviet government because of the German occupation of Estonia.
The Estonians sent two armoured trains to aid the Latvians (according to some explanations, in exchange for Latvia ceding the island of Ruhnu and its territorial waters to Estonia) while the Lithuanians were engaged in battles with the Bolsheviks and could only issue diplomatic protests.