Global Voices Online

Itching for Eestimaa reflects upon monuments and buildings manifesting history against the background of a new 1919 Independence War monument.

Cyrus Farivar writes that two Estonian papers are likely to put their online content “behind a paywall” soon: “But here’s where this plan might actually work where other online paywalls have failed: it’s happening simultaneously in a small, semi-exclusive, market. […] The entire Estonian-speaking population worldwide is roughly one quarter the size of the Bay Area. We’ll find out soon enough if a product with a limited audience can succeed with this strategy.”

A Fistful Of Euros points at the link between budget cuts and GDP decrease in Estonia.

A Step At A Time draws attention to the launch of a website dedicated to the victims of communism worldwide, by the Global Museum on Communism.

One more view on the European Parliament election in Central and Eastern Europe - from the Economist's Edward Lucas.

Dr. Sean's Diary examines the results of the European Parliament election in Central and Eastern Europe.

IZO links to the Guardian piece on “NATO's cyber-defence headquarters in Estonia.” Evgeny Morozov links to his own piece on it on Newsweek.com.

Itching for Eestimaa writes: “One Meri cousin, Lennart, just had an airport named after him to coincide with the annual foreign policy conference that bears his name. […] The other Meri cousin, Arnold, spent his twilight years on trial for the deportation of the men, women, and children of Hiiumaa while being defended to the bitter end by the Kremlin and its media. […]” Eric Dickens guest-blogs at A Step At A Time about Arnold Meri, too: “Arnold Meri, who died a couple of days ago, shared his surname with the late President of Estonia, Lennart Meri. They were indeed cousins, but what they did for Estonia could hardly be more different.”

Eric Dickens guest-blogs at A Step At A Time about the Baltic deportations of 1941 and 1949.