Article: A Baltic integration gets lost in translation Letter from Estonia

Article: ESTONIA: EVERY THIRD PERSON POTENTIAL VICTIM OF DISCRIMINATION
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  December 7, 2006 ;     700+ words ......authorities of Estonia to improve access to employment for Russian speakers and become more...further alienating Russian speakers from Estonian society," said...they cannot speak Estonian. "Russian speakers are caught in...

Article: RUSSIAN IS HARD TO FORGET IN ESTONIA
The Boston Globe;  April 20, 1998 ;     603 words ......town and a center of Estonia's cultural revival in...Soviet rule. Although Estonia was considered one of...forgetting is not so easy. Estonia, like its Baltic neighbor...former Soviet republics, Estonia and Latvia did not grant...Latvia's mistreatment of Russian speakers. ...

Article: Estonia must speed up integration of ethnic Russians, rights watchdog says
AP Worldstream;  February 21, 2006 ;     304 words ......139,000 native Russian speakers in Estonia _ or 11 percent...not related to Estonian, and Russian speakers face difficulties...Baltic states of Estonia and Latvia of discriminating against Russian-speakers on issues including...

Article: The Challenge of the Russian Minority: Emerging Multicultural Democracy in Estonia.(Book Review)
Demokratizatsiya;  September 22, 2003 ;     700+ words ......396 pp. A new stage in Estonia's post-Soviet development...seeking to integrate Estonia's large Russian-speaking...through the acquisition of Estonian language skills while...offering opportunities for Russian speakers to maintain their own...than a dozen prominent Estonian ...

Article: Russia: Treatment of Russian speakers in Baltics in 'blatant violation' of international standards
AP Worldstream;  March 17, 2005 ;     236 words ......Dateline: GENEVA Half of all Russian speakers in the Baltic states of Estonia and Latvia are denied citizenship...Commission on Human Rights, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister...discriminating against their large Russian minorities while the Baltics...There are 480,000 stateless ...

Article: EU Party Defends Russian Speakers, THE MOSCOW TIMES
The Moscow Times (Russia);  June 18, 2004 ;     700+ words ......make the voices of Russian speakers heard in the newly...of the millions of Russian speakers living in the EU...country are native Russian speakers, half of whom, or...Riga. "Half of the Russian speakers have a Latvian passport...representative of Russian ...

Article: Stabilizing Estonia: the international dimension of state security and ethnic integration policy.
Demokratizatsiya;  September 22, 2003 ;     700+ words ......context, I suggest that Estonia's main ethnic integration...Programme: Integration in Estonian Society 2000-2007 (hereafter...date, discussion on Estonia's citizenship laws...questions of whether Estonia is shifting from ethnic...circumstances faced by Russian speakers in this future ...

Article: Putin slams Baltics over Russian speakers, suggests he would like third term
AP Worldstream;  August 2, 2005 ;     475 words ......Worldstream 08-02-2005 Dateline: NAANTALI, Finland Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday slammed the Baltic countries for alleged discrimination against Russian speakers, and hinted that he would have liked to run for...2008 is far off." Putin also criticized Latvia and Estonia for ...

Article: Rep. Shimkus Introduces Resolution Condemning Violence in Estonia
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  June 8, 2007 ;     700+ words ......resolution (H.Res. 397) "condemning violence in Estonia and attacks on Estonia's embassies in 2007, and expressing solidarity with the Government and the people of Estonia." The resolution, introduced on May 10, was co-sponsored...

Article: Sen. Voinovich Introduces Resolution Condemning Violence in Estonia
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  June 7, 2007 ;     700+ words ......resolution (S.Res. 187) "condemning violence in Estonia and attacks on Estonia's embassies in 2007, and expressing solidarity with the Government and the people of Estonia." The resolution, introduced on May 3, was co-sponsored...

Article: In a bear's paw: Estonia. (relations between Estonia and Russia)
The Economist (US);  November 19, 1994 ;     649 words ...IF ONLY we had Estonia's worry, people in the other parts of the ex-Soviet Union must be saying. Estonia's economy is in danger of overheating. Officially...success compared with the performance of Estonia's old colonial master, Russia. Estonia's...

Article: ESTONIA TAKES TURN FOR THE BEST AFTER BREAKUP, COUNTRY FLOURISHING WHILE RUSSIA DECLINES
The Boston Globe;  November 7, 1999 ;     700+ words ...NARVA, Estonia - Russians live on both sides of the Narva...nestled to the west is tiny, prosperous Estonia with its booming economy, vibrant democracy...easygoing well-to-do population. When Estonia won its independence following the 1991...

Article: A cyber-riot; Estonia and Russia.(Estonia under attack)
The Economist (US);  May 12, 2007 ;     650 words ...Tallinn's unknown soldier, still embattled Estonia has faced down Russian rioters. But its...FOR a small, high-tech country such as Estonia, the internet is vital. But for the past two weeks Estonia's state websites (and some private ones...

Article: The Catholic church in Estonia, 1918-2001
The Catholic Historical Review;  April 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ...In the Middle Ages, Estonia was Catholic for roughly four centuries...in 1626, the Catholic tradition in Estonia was totally wiped out.1 Under the Russian...nationalities of the Russian Empire.2 For the Estonians, it remained a church of foreigners...